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

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become quiet; to cease making sounds.

Informal; Intransitive verb

verb

Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To keep secret, to prevent from becoming known.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Hush up now; you have talked too much."
"Some people say he knew too much and they killed him to hush him up."
"They hushed up the suicide to prevent bad publicity."
"As he took John Willet's view of the matter in regard to the propriety of not bruiting the tale abroad, unless the spirit should appear to him again, in which case it would be necessary to take immediate counsel with the clergyman, it was solemnly resolved that it should be hushed up and kept quiet."

Usage

Inflected Forms

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

Phrases

conspiracy of silence wall of silence

Frequently Paired Words

conspiracy of silence wall of silence

Synonyms

hush hush down quiet down quieten down shut up quieten silence still

Questions

What does hush up mean?: To become quiet; to cease making sounds.

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