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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!'play

  Familiarity information: SHUSH used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHUSH (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they shush  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it shushes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: shushed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: shushed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: shushing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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