shushed

We have found lemma(root) word of shushed : shush.

Definitions


[ʃʊʃ], (Interjection)

Definitions:
- be quiet
(e.g: Shush! Do you want to wake everyone?)


Phrases:

Origin:
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:
1920s: imitative




definition by Oxford Dictionaries