shush
/ʃʊʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He wouldn't shush so I kicked him."
- "Shush, my parents are back!"
- "The boy in front of us was making too much noise, so we shushed him."
- "The sequence where Sam carves off Jorah’s infected tissue in secret, stopping every few moments to shush his patient, is presented as comic relief why? Jorah reels back into a diagonal close-up whimpering like a dog. Yellow pus oozes to get those good gross-out laughs. Is the substance of this operation funny to anyone on its face?"
- "To this day, many in the spelling world rebuff supernatural claims: On the podcast, parents say that they’ve been “shushed” in online forums, or “shut down” from sharing their experiences at conferences."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩, 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠, 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗
Usage
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Frequently Paired Words
shh
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