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shush

 (shŭsh)
interj.
Used to express a demand for silence.
tr.v. shushed, shush·ing, shush·es
To demand silence from by saying "shush": "Simon shushed him quickly as though he had spoken too loudly in church" (William Golding).
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shush

(ʃʊʃ)
interj
be quiet! hush!
vb
to silence or calm (someone) by or as if by saying "shush"
[C20: reduplication of sh, influenced by hush1]
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shush

(ʃʌʃ)

interj.
1. (used as a command to be quiet or silent.)
v.t.
2. to order to be silent; hush.
[1920–25; imitative]
shush′er, n.
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Shush

 of librarians: group of librarians—Lipton, 1970.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

shush


Past participle: shushed
Gerund: shushing

Imperative
shush
shush
Present
I shush
you shush
he/she/it shushes
we shush
you shush
they shush
Preterite
I shushed
you shushed
he/she/it shushed
we shushed
you shushed
they shushed
Present Continuous
I am shushing
you are shushing
he/she/it is shushing
we are shushing
you are shushing
they are shushing
Present Perfect
I have shushed
you have shushed
he/she/it has shushed
we have shushed
you have shushed
they have shushed
Past Continuous
I was shushing
you were shushing
he/she/it was shushing
we were shushing
you were shushing
they were shushing
Past Perfect
I had shushed
you had shushed
he/she/it had shushed
we had shushed
you had shushed
they had shushed
Future
I will shush
you will shush
he/she/it will shush
we will shush
you will shush
they will shush
Future Perfect
I will have shushed
you will have shushed
he/she/it will have shushed
we will have shushed
you will have shushed
they will have shushed
Future Continuous
I will be shushing
you will be shushing
he/she/it will be shushing
we will be shushing
you will be shushing
they will be shushing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been shushing
you have been shushing
he/she/it has been shushing
we have been shushing
you have been shushing
they have been shushing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been shushing
you will have been shushing
he/she/it will have been shushing
we will have been shushing
you will have been shushing
they will have been shushing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been shushing
you had been shushing
he/she/it had been shushing
we had been shushing
you had been shushing
they had been shushing
Conditional
I would shush
you would shush
he/she/it would shush
we would shush
you would shush
they would shush
Past Conditional
I would have shushed
you would have shushed
he/she/it would have shushed
we would have shushed
you would have shushed
they would have shushed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.shush - silence (someone) by uttering `shush!'
silence, still, hush, hush up, quieten, shut up - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
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shush

verb
To cause to become silent:
hush, quiet, quieten, shut up, silence, still.
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Translations

shush

[ʃʊʃ]
A. EXCL → ¡chis!, ¡chitón!
B. VT → callar, hacer callar
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shush

[ˈʃʊʃ ˈʃʌʃ] excl → chut!
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shush

interj → pst, sch
vt → beruhigen, zum Schweigen bringen; the teacher shushed the excited children → der Lehrer brachte die aufgeregten Kinder mit einem „Pst!“ zum Schweigen
vi → still sein; oh shush, will you! → sei doch still!, pst!
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

shush

[ʃʊʃ]
1. excl → zitto/a!
2. vt (fam) → zittire
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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