shush
verb/ʃʊʃ/
/ʃʊʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they shush | /ʃʊʃ/ /ʃʊʃ/ |
| he / she / it shushes | /ˈʃʊʃɪz/ /ˈʃʊʃɪz/ |
| past simple shushed | /ʃʊʃt/ /ʃʊʃt/ |
| past participle shushed | /ʃʊʃt/ /ʃʊʃt/ |
| -ing form shushing | /ˈʃʊʃɪŋ/ /ˈʃʊʃɪŋ/ |
- shush somebody to tell somebody to be quiet, especially by saying ‘shush’, or by putting your finger against your lips
- Lyn shushed the children.
Word Origin1920s: imitative.
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