hush
IPA: hˈʌʃ
noun
- A silence, especially after some noise
- A mining method using water
verb
- (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.
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Examples of "hush" in Sentences
- I asked him to hush up.
- They hush about dragging me in.
- They had to keep things hush hush.
- Plot details are being kept hush hush.
- A hush fell upon the people in the arena.
- The operators attempt to hush the incident up.
- U.S. keeps strategic hush on Japan's military ambitions.
- They had parents hush up the rape and the violence till then.
- The police get involved, but Amit manages to hush the matter up.
- There was hush in the building and a keen expectancy filled the air.
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