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SHUSH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shush mean?
• SHUSH (verb)
The verb SHUSH has 1 sense:
1. silence (someone) by uttering 'shush!'
Familiarity information: SHUSH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they shush ... he / she / it shushes
Past simple: shushed
Past participle: shushed
-ing form: shushing
... he / she / it shushes Past simple: shushed
Past participle: shushed
-ing form: shushing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Silence (someone) by uttering 'shush!'
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "shush" is one way to...):
hush; hush up; quieten; shut up; silence; still (cause to be quiet or not talk)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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