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/həʃ əp/ Listen

verb

Hush v. t. (past & past part. hushed; pres. part. hushing)

To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of. "My tongue shall hush again this storm of war."

To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe. "With thou, then, Hush my cares?" "And hush'd my deepest grief of all."

To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. "This matter is hushed up."

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Etymology of 'Hush up'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hush up" Quotes from Famous Books

... himself if he had nothing to consider but his own tastes. He himself was as eager in his way to make satisfaction as she; he was only deterred by considerations of common sense. From the point of view of a man of business it was more than a little mad to refuse the money that would pay his creditors, hush up a scandal, and keep the course of daily life running in something like its accustomed channel, merely because for the rest of his days he must be placed in a humiliating moral situation. He wouldn't like that, of course; and yet everything ...

— The Street Called Straight • Basil King

... "Now, children, hush up! I want to speak myself, ef it's a possible thing to git in a word edgeways. We can't all go, fust ...

— Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know • Various

... "Now you hush up," said Fred, reddening. "I was only in fun—of course I was! You needn't say anything, Will Parlin; a boy that has a ...

— Little Grandfather • Sophie May

... unpalatable demand. Unluckily Lenny's apprehensions of the mockery that awaited him in the merciless world of his village were realized. Though Stirn at first kept his own counsel, the Tinker blabbed the whole affair. And after the search instituted for Lenny on the fatal night, all attempt to hush up what had passed would have been impossible. So then Stirn told his story, as the Tinker had told his own; both tales were very unfavorable to Leonard Fairfield. The pattern boy had broken the Sabbath, fought with his betters, and been well mauled ...

— The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 • Various

... "Hush up, Scratchfoot," said Topknot, "we are having a very lively conversation. Uncle Red Nose Mike has just asked a riddle, which none of us can guess. But you can, so get up ...

— The Chickens of Fowl Farm • Lena E. Barksdale

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