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   shush

   /ʃʌʃ/

   exclamation

   • 1. be quiet: "Shush! Do you want to wake everyone?"

   noun

   • 1. an utterance of ‘shush’: "the thumps were followed by shushes from the aunts"
   • 2. a soft swishing or rustling sound: "the ‘shush, shush, shush’ of a broom on the tent's groundsheet"

   verb

   • 1. tell or signal (someone) to be silent: "she shushed him with a wave"
   • ▪ become or remain silent: "Beth told her to shush"
   • 2. move with or make a soft swishing or rustling sound: "I stood to watch a big liner shushing slowly past"

   Word Origin 1920s: imitative.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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