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shushed

shushed is the simple past and past participle of shush.

Meaning of shush

Verb

shush (third-person singular simple present shushes, present participle shushing, simple past and past participle shushed)

  1. (intransitive, onomatopoeic) To be quiet; to keep quiet.
    • He wouldn't shush so I kicked him.
  2. (intransitive, onomatopoeic, transitive) 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.

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Questions about shushed

What is shushed the simple past and past participle of?
Shushed is the simple past and past participle of shush.

Words near shushed in the dictionary

  1. SHUs
  2. shush
  3. Shusha
  4. Shushan
  5. Shushanik
  6. shushed
  7. shushee
  8. shushees
  9. shusher
  10. shushers
  11. shushes

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