shush
shush / shoŏsh; shəsh/ • interj. be quiet: “Shush! Do you want to wake everyone?”• n. 1. an utterance of “shush”: the thumps were followed by shushes from the aunts.2. chiefly Brit. a soft swishing or rustling sound.• v. 1. [tr.] tell or signal (someone) to be silent: she shushed him with a wave. ∎ [intr.] become or remain silent: Beth told her to shush.2. [intr.] chiefly Brit. move with or make a soft swishing or rustling sound: I stood to watch a big liner shushing slowly past | [as n.] (shushing) she could hear the gentle shushing of the waves.
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