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shush
[shuhsh] 
–interjection
| 1. | hush (used as a command to be quiet or silent). |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to order (someone or something) to be silent; hush. |
Origin:
1920–25; imit.
1920–25; imit.
Related forms:
shusher, noun
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| shush (shŭsh) interj. Used to express a demand for silence. tr.v. shushed, shush·ing, shush·es To demand silence from by saying "shush": "Simon shushed him quickly as though he had spoken too loudly in church" (William Golding). |
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shush (v.)
1905, imitative of the command to be quiet.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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