shush[verb]Synonyms: silence, choke (off), hush, quiet, quieten, shut up, still, suppress, muffle, quelch, repress, squelch, strangle
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
shush /ʃʊʃ/
verb[
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: shh]
1. shush! spoken used to tell someone, especially a child, to be quiet
Synonym : shh:
‘Shush!’ said Jerry. ‘Not so loud.’2. [transitive] to tell someone to be very quiet, especially by putting your fingers against your lips or by saying ‘shush’:
He started to cry and Francesca shushed him. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲