"shush" meaning in All languages combined

See shush on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʃʊʃ/, /ʃʌʃ/ Audio: en-us-shush.ogg , en-us-shush (alternative pronunciation).ogg Forms: shushes [present, singular, third-person], shushing [participle, present], shushed [participle, past], shushed [past]
Rhymes: -ʊʃ, -ʌʃ Head templates: {{en-verb}} shush (third-person singular simple present shushes, present participle shushing, simple past and past participle shushed)
  1. (onomatopoeia, intransitive) To be quiet; to keep quiet. Tags: intransitive, onomatopoeic Categories (topical): Silence Translations (To be quiet): صَمَت (ṣamat) [masculine] (Arabic), أُص (ʔuṣṣ) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), chut (French)
    Sense id: en-shush-en-verb-iyJUt-br Disambiguation of Silence: 52 48 Categories (other): English onomatopoeias, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'To be quiet': 56 44
  2. (onomatopoeia, transitive or intransitive) To ask someone to be quiet, especially by saying shh. Tags: intransitive, onomatopoeic, transitive Categories (topical): Silence
    Sense id: en-shush-en-verb-LocvEhiH Disambiguation of Silence: 52 48 Categories (other): English onomatopoeias, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shoosh Derived forms: shushee, shusher, shushing, unshushable Related terms: shh

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "(onomatopoeia, intransitive) To be quiet; to keep quiet."
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          "roman": "ʔuṣṣ",
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          "word": "أُص"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "To be quiet",
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          "text": "The sequence where Sam carves off Jorah’s infected tissue in secret, stopping every few moments to shush his patient, is presented as comic relief why? Jorah reels back into a diagonal close-up whimpering like a dog. Yellow pus oozes to get those good gross-out laughs. Is the substance of this operation funny to anyone on its face?",
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      "ipa": "/ʃʌʃ/"
    },
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          "text": "The sequence where Sam carves off Jorah’s infected tissue in secret, stopping every few moments to shush his patient, is presented as comic relief why? Jorah reels back into a diagonal close-up whimpering like a dog. Yellow pus oozes to get those good gross-out laughs. Is the substance of this operation funny to anyone on its face?",
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      "ipa": "/ʃʌʃ/"
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