Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shushing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: shush-ing
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shush

noun

The act of making a shush sound to silence somebody.

Example Sentences

"All except little Johnny, who fussed and fidgeted with a typical three-year-old's impatience at such things, mindless of his mother's quiet shushings."

Inflected Forms

shushings (plural)

Questions

What does shushing mean?: present participle and gerund of shush

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