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shush
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[ʃʊʃ], (Interjection)
Definitions:
- be quiet
(e.g: Shush! Do you want to wake everyone?)
Phrases:
Origin
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1920s: imitative
[ʃʊʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an utterance of ‘shush’
(e.g: the thumps were followed by shushes from the aunts)
- a soft swishing or rustling sound
(e.g: the ‘shush, shush, shush’ of a broom on the tent's groundsheet)
Phrases:
Origin
:
1920s: imitative
[ʃʊʃ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- tell or signal (someone) to be silent
(e.g: she shushed him with a wave)
- move with or make a soft swishing or rustling sound
(e.g: I stood to watch a big liner shushing slowly past)
Phrases:
Origin
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1920s: imitative
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