Shushing
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 present participle and gerund of shush form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"William was constantly shushing his dog."