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hush one's mouth

hush one's mouth verb: to be quiet.

Verb

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

  1. (African-American Vernacular) To be quiet.

Forms of hush one's mouth

third-person singular presenthushes one's mouth
present participlehushing one's mouth
past participlehushed one's mouth
pasthushed one's mouth

Questions about hush one's mouth

What does hush one's mouth mean?
Hush one's mouth means to be quiet.
What part of speech is hush one's mouth?
Hush one's mouth is a verb.
What is the past tense of hush one's mouth?
The past tense of hush one's mouth is hushed one's mouth.

Words near hush one's mouth in the dictionary

  1. hush house
  2. hush houses
  3. hush kit
  4. hush kits
  5. hush money
  6. hush one's mouth
  7. hush puppies
  8. hush puppy
  9. hush shop
  10. hush shops
  11. hush up

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