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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.


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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