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shush

  [shuhsh]
Use shushes in a Sentence
–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.

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).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
shush (up)

  1. in.
    to be quiet. : Shush! I want to hear the weather.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

shush  (v.)
1905, imitative of the command to be quiet.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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