hush: Meaning and Definition of
hush
Pronunciation: (hush), [key]
— interj.
- (used as a command to be silent or quiet.)
—v.i.
- to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
—v.t.
- to make silent; silence.
- to suppress mention of; keep concealed (often fol. by up): They hushed up the scandal.
- to calm, quiet, or allay: to hush someone's fears.
—n.
- silence or quiet, esp. after noise.
- either of the sibilant sounds (sh) and (zh).
—adj.
- silent; quiet.
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