hush

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle husht (“silent; hushed”) and interjection husht (“quiet!”)). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen (“to hush; lull”), German huschen (“to shoo; scurry”), Danish hysse (“to hush”), and maybe Albanian hesht. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hʌʃ/, /hʊʃ/ Rhymes: -ʌʃ === Verb === hush (third-person singular simple present hushes, present participle hushing, simple past and past participle hushed) (intransitive) To become quiet. (transitive) To make quiet. (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe. (transitive) To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === hush (countable and uncountable, plural hushes) A silence, especially after some noise ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Huhs == Jamaican Creole == === Etymology === Derived from English hush. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hʌʃ/ Hyphenation: hush === Interjection === hush there, there (calm somebody) === Verb === hush be quiet