Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hush-up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables
hush-up
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

censorship; blue-penciling

Inflected Forms

hush-ups (plural)

Questions

What does hush-up mean?
censorship; blue-penciling

How to pronounce hush-up

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