Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hush

/hʌʃ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.47 in modern English

Syllables
hush
IPA
/hʌʃ/
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become quiet.

Intransitive verb

verb

To make quiet.

Transitive verb

verb

To appease; to allay; to soothe.

Transitive verb

noun

A silence, especially after some noise.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To rush, to gush.

verb

To send forth a rush of water over (some ground) so as to clear off the soil and other materials overlying, and thus uncover or separate out, ore.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

noun

Water which has been used to clear the soil off of some (area of) rock or ore.

noun

A part of a mine or quarry where ore is to be, or has been, excavated by an artificial flow of water.

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

hushes (present, singular) hushing (participle, present) hushed (participle, past) hushed (past) hushes (plural)

Derived Forms

hushable hushen hushling hushpitality hushy hushaby husher hushful

Phrases

hush down hush one's mouth hush-up Bayreuth hush hush clause hush-hire hush house hush-hush

Synonyms

stillness still wash quieten silence shut up hush up quiet quiesce quiet down pipe down

Rhymes With

rush brush crush flush blush lush plush mush slush thrush gush cush

Questions

How do you pronounce hush?
The recorded pronunciation is /hʌʃ/.
What does hush mean?
To become quiet.
Where does hush come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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