"shushing" meaning in English

See shushing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: shushings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shushing (plural shushings)
  1. The act of making a shush sound to silence somebody. Categories (topical): Silence
    Sense id: en-shushing-en-noun-S8p08XaR Disambiguation of Silence: 84 16

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shushing
  1. present participle and gerund of shush Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: shush
    Sense id: en-shushing-en-verb-qziu66GV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91

Inflected forms

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