shush
verb
- to tell someone to be quiet
- to (cause to) stop talking or making a noise
- make a shushing noise to encourage someone to be quiet
interjection
- used to tell someone, especially a child, to be quiet
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ʃʊʃ/ / /ʃʌʃ/
name
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian شوش (šuš), from Middle Persian 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 (sūš), from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (çūšā), from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (šušen). Doublet of Susa and Sus.
- A city in Khuzestan Province, Iran, site of ancient Susa.
verb
Etymology: Imitative. Compare shh and hush.
- 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?”