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shushing

shushing is the present participle and gerund 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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Noun

shushing (plural shushings)

  1. The act of making a shush sound to silence somebody.
    • All except little Johnny, who fussed and fidgeted with a typical three-year-old's impatience at such things, mindless of his mother's quiet shushings.2011, Janet Dailey, American Dreams, page 143

Forms of shushing

pluralshushings

Questions about shushing

What does shushing mean?
Shushing means the act of making a shush sound to silence somebody.
What is shushing the present participle and gerund of?
Shushing is the present participle and gerund of shush.
What part of speech is shushing?
Shushing is a noun.
What is the plural of shushing?
The plural of shushing is shushings.

Words near shushing in the dictionary

  1. shushers
  2. shushes
  3. Shushi
  4. shushier
  5. shushiest
  6. shushing
  7. shushings
  8. Shushrusha
  9. shushy
  10. shusse hiro
  11. Shuster

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