hush

hush

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʌʃ/, /hʊʃ/
• Rhymes: -ʌʃ

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Verb

hush (third-person singular simple present hushes, present participle hushing, simple past and past participle hushed)

1. (intransitive) To become quiet.
2. (transitive) To make quiet.
3. (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
   • 1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d, or, A Plot Discover’d. A Tragedy. […], London: Printed for Jos[eph] Hindmarsh […], OCLC 664400715, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):

     Wilt thou, then, Hush my cares?

   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 3968433, (please specify |part=prologue or epilogue, or |canto=I to CXXIX):

     And hush'd my deepest grief of all.

4. (transitive) To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock.

Derived terms

• hush down
• hush one's mouth

 

Translations

to become quiet

Afrikaans: sjuut (af) Arabic: صَمَتَ‎ (ṣamata) Egyptian Arabic: يسكت‎ (yeskut) Bikol Central: halo (bcl) Bulgarian: млъквам (bg) (mlǎkvam), смълчавам се (smǎlčavam se) Catalan: callar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 安靜／安静 (zh) (ānjìng) Galician: calar (gl), sochar, amuar, cochar German: verstummen (de), still werden Hungarian: elhallgat (hu), elcsendesedik, elcsendesül (hu), elnémul (hu) Japanese: 黙る (ja) (だまる, damaru) Latin: taceo (la) Maori: māī Polish: zamilknąć (pl) pf Romanian: tăcea (ro) Russian: замолка́ть (ru) impf (zamolkátʹ), замо́лкнуть (ru) pf (zamólknutʹ), замолча́ть (ru) pf (zamolčátʹ) Slovak: stíchnuť, zmĺknuť, zamĺknuť, čušať Spanish: callar (es), callarse (es) Turkish: susmak (tr), suskunlaşmak (tr)

to make quiet

Arabic: صَمَّتَ‎ (ṣammata), أَصْمَتَ‎ (ʾaṣmata) Egyptian Arabic: يسكت‎ (yesaket) Bikol Central: halo (bcl) Bulgarian: въдворявам тишина (vǎdvorjavam tišina) Catalan: mutis (ca) Finnish: hyssytellä (fi), vaientaa (fi) Galician: calar (gl), sochar, amuar, cochar German: zum Schweigen bringen Hungarian: lecsendesít (hu), elnémít (hu), elhallgattat (hu), elcsitít (hu) Polish: uciszyć (pl) pf, uciszać (pl) impf Russian: утихоми́ривать (ru) impf (utixomírivatʹ), успока́ивать (ru) impf (uspokáivatʹ) Slovak: utíšiť Spanish: callar (es) Turkish: susturmak (tr)

to soothe

Bulgarian: утешавам (bg) (utešavam) Catalan: apaivagar (ca), assossegar (ca) Galician: acalentar (gl), acamallar, acuchuminar, poupear, trempar, apagullar Hungarian: megnyugtat (hu) Maori: pōpō Spanish: calmar (es), acallar (es)

Noun

hush (uncountable)

1. A silence, especially after some noise
   • 1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: Printed for John Murray, […], OCLC 1015450009, stanza LXXXVI:

     It is the hush of night.

2. A mining method using water

Derived terms

• Bayreuth hush
• hushaby
• husher
• hushful
• hush-hire
• hush house
• hush-hush
• hush kit
• hush money
• hush puppy
• hush shop
• hush up
• on the hush

 

Translations

silence

Bulgarian: тишина (bg) f (tišina), мълчание (bg) n (mǎlčanie) Catalan: silenci (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 安靜／安静 (zh) (ānjìng) Danish: stilhed (da) c Finnish: hiljaisuus (fi) French: silence (fr) f German: Stille (de) f, Ruhe (de) f Japanese: 静けさ (しずけさ, shizukesa) Russian: тишина́ (ru) f (tišiná), молча́ние (ru) n (molčánije) Slovak: ticho Spanish: silencio (es) m Turkish: sessizlik (tr)

mining method

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Japanese: (please verify) 静けさ (しずけさ, shizukesa)

Anagrams

• Huhs

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Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English hush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʌʃ/
• Hyphenation: hush

Interjection

hush

1. there, there (calm somebody)
   • 2017, Kelly Daviot, “Hush yah, Shaneke, such is life”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎ (in English):

     “Hush yah, Shaneke, such is life. […] ”

     There, there, Shaneke. Such is life. […]

   Georgie, mi sorry fi 'ear seh yuh mooma dead. Hush. Doan cry.

   George, I'm sorry your mom died. There, there. Don't cry.

Verb

hush

1. be quiet

   Chile, hush yu mouth!

   Child, be quiet!