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shushing

verb

Meaning

  1. To be quiet; to keep quiet.
  2. To ask someone to be quiet, especially by saying shh.
  3. The act of making a shush sound to silence somebody.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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