Hush up

verb, slang

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To become quiet; to cease making sounds. informal, intransitive

    "Hush up now; you have talked too much."

  2. 2
    cause to be quiet or not talk wordnet
  3. 3
    To silence. informal, transitive

    "Some people say he knew too much and they killed him to hush him up."

  4. 4
    cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error wordnet
  5. 5
    To keep secret, to prevent from becoming known. transitive

    "They hushed up the suicide to prevent bad publicity."

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