Shushing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shush form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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buzzeffervescencefizzfizzlehisshissing

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"William was constantly shushing his dog."

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