shushing

shushing

English

Verb

shushing

1. present participle of shush

Noun

shushing (plural shushings)

1. The act of making a shush sound to silence somebody.
   • 2011, Janet Dailey, American Dreams (page 143)

     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.

Anagrams

• Shughnis, hushings