shush
Collocations
3ADJ.
secret
VERB + SHUSH
hand, told, wouldn't
SHUSH + NOUN
it's, parents, tom
Definitions
verb
To be quiet; to keep quiet.
He wouldn't shush so I kicked him.
Shush, my parents are back!
To ask someone to be quiet, especially by saying shh.
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?
name
A city in Khuzestan Province, Iran, site of ancient Susa.
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6He wouldn't shush so I kicked him.
WiktionaryShush, my parents are back!
WiktionaryThe boy in front of us was making too much noise, so we shushed him.
WiktionaryThe judge raised his hand to shush Tom.
Tatoeba · #3725068Shush! It's a secret.
Tatoeba · #6731015What did you shush me for?
Tatoeba · #8014025