"shush" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ʃʊʃ/, /ʃʌʃ/ Audio: en-us-shush.ogg [US], en-us-shush (alternative pronunciation).ogg [US] 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 Translations (To be quiet): صَمَت (ṣamat) [masculine] (Arabic), أُص (ʔuṣṣ) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), chut (French)
    Sense id: en-shush-en-verb-iyJUt-br Categories (other): English onomatopoeias, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 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
    Sense id: en-shush-en-verb-LocvEhiH Categories (other): English onomatopoeias, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 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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