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    [Verb]  | "hush" | \ ˈhəsh \


    1: calm, quiet

    2: to put at rest : mollify

    3: to keep from public knowledge : suppress

    Origin: 1546 ;

     Back-formation from husht hushed, from Middle English hussht, from huissht, interjection used to enjoin silence;

    [Adjective]  | "hush" 


    1: silent, still

    2: intended to prevent the dissemination of certain information

    Origin: 1602 ;

    [Adjective]  | "hush-hush" | \ ˈhəsh-ˌhəsh \


    1: secret, confidential

    Origin: 1916 ;

    [Noun]  | "hush" 


    1: a silence or calm especially following noise : quiet

    Origin: 1650 ;

    [Noun]  | "hush puppy" 


    1: cornmeal dough shaped into small balls and fried in deep fat —usually used in plural

    Origin: circa 1918 ;

     From its occasional use as food for dogs;

    [Noun]  | "hush money" 


    1: money paid so that someone will keep information secret : money that a person pays someone to hush something up

    [Phrasal verb]  | "hush up" 


    1: to be quiet

    [Idiom]  | "hush up (someone or something)" 


    1: to prevent people from knowing the truth about (something, such as a crime)

    [Noun]  | "hush" 


    1: a state of freedom from storm or disturbance;


      * e.g., " ... the storm passed, and a hush fell over the sea "




    2: the near or complete absence of sound;


      * e.g., " ... a hush fell over the auditorium as the lights went down "




    [Verb]  | "hush" 


    1: to become still and orderly;


      * e.g., " ... the whole room hushed when the queen made her entrance "




    2: to stop talking;


      * e.g., " ... the principal asked the children to hush and pay attention during the ceremony "




    3: to stop the noise or speech of;


      * e.g., " ... he tried to hush the baby by making a lot of silly faces "



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    [Verb]  | "hush (up)" 


    1: to keep from being publicly known;


      * e.g., " ... the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers "



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    [Adjective]  | "hush-hush" 


    1: not known or meant to be known by the general populace;


      * e.g., " ... the reporter suspected there was a hush-hush reason why the company agreed to the deal "




    2: undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others;


      * e.g., " ... top-echelon diplomats met in a hush-hush conference in a last-ditch effort to head off an international crisis "




     [ "hush" ]

    1: A term of solace used mainly in Jamaica (not sure about the rest of the Caribbean), meaning - never mind or don't worry. Most people who are not from Jamaica often misinterpret this to mean - 'shut up', instead of something comforting, which it's really meant to be :)

      * e.g.,  ... Bob: "Ouch, I hit my toe on the door" 

     [ "hush" ]

    1: Something said to shut sumone up...not really the coolest thing 2 say. Its sorta just a substitute for "shut the fuck up"

      * e.g.,  ... Hush, child 

     [ "hush" ]

    1: V. to be quite about somthing;keep a secret;to keep somthing on the DL(down low)

      * e.g.,  ... If i tell u where i was yesterday u have to keep it on the hush 

     [ "hush" ]

    1: A graffiti writer from Atlanta, Ga.

      * e.g.,  ... "You, that hush kid is up." 

     [ "hush" ]

    1: SHUT TF UP

      * e.g.,  ... hush means stfu in a nicer way 

     [ "hush hush" ]

    1: Keeping something secret...like when you tell someone to hush or keep quiet.

      * e.g.,  ... Keep it on the hush hush. 

     [ "Hush Hush" ]

    1: To keep things secret or an inside joke

      * e.g.,  ... Hush Hush: Don't tell anyone but the teacher "Text me all your exam answers and let's keep this thing hush-hush?" 

     [ "on the hush-hush" ]

    1: Keep it quiet.

      * e.g.,  ... "I think Bill's Mom is a hottie, but keep it on the hush-hush. I don't want him to think im wierd. 

     [ "hush-hush" ]

    1: very secret, not to be made public

      * e.g.,  ... this is all very hush-hush 

     [ "Hush Hush" ]

    1: An amazing romantic horror book, with fallen angels, stalkers, stabbing with a scaple, romance, spies, fires in the house, screaming, rain, and more! EASY 5 STAR RATEING PEOPLE!

      * e.g.,  ... May: Did you read Hush Hush? Clair: Yes! IT WAS AMAZING! 

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