hush

English

Etymology

From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English husht (“silent; hushed”) and interjection husht (“quiet!”)). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen (“to hush; lull”), German huschen (“to shoo; scurry”), Danish hysse (“to hush”), and maybe Albanian hesht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʌʃ/, /hʊʃ/
• Rhymes: -ʌʃ

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become quiet.
2. (transitive) To make quiet.
3. (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
   • Otway

     Wilt thou, then, Hush my cares?

   • Tennyson

     And hush'd my deepest grief of all.

4. (transitive) To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock.

Translations

to become quiet

• Afrikaans: sjuut (af)
• Arabic: صَمَتَ (ṣamata)

  Egyptian Arabic: يسكت (yeskut)

• Bulgarian: млъквам (bg) (mlǎkvam), смълчавам се (smǎlčavam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安靜／安静 (zh) (ānjìng), 安静 (zh) (ānjìng)

• German: verstummen (de), still werden
• Hungarian: elhallgat (hu), elcsendesedik, elcsendesül (hu), elnémul
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• Japanese: 黙る (ja) (だまる, damaru)
• Latin: taceo (la)
• Maori: māī
• Polish: zamilknąć pf
• Russian: замолка́ть (ru) impf (zamolkátʹ), замо́лкнуть (ru) pf (zamólknutʹ), замолча́ть (ru) pf (zamolčátʹ)
• Slovak: stíchnuť, zmĺknuť, zamĺknuť, čušať
• Spanish: callar (es), callarse (es)
• Turkish: susmak (tr)

to make quiet

• Arabic: صَمَّتَ (ṣammata), أَصْمَتَ (ʔaṣmata)

  Egyptian Arabic: يسكت (yesaket)

• Bulgarian: въдворявам тишина (vǎdvorjavam tišina)
• German: zum Schweigen bringen
• Hungarian: lecsendesít (hu), elnémít (hu), elhallgattat (hu), elcsitít (hu)
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• Polish: uciszyć (pl) pf, uciszać impf
• Russian: утихоми́ривать (ru) impf (utixomírivatʹ), успока́ивать (ru) impf (uspokáivatʹ)
• Slovak: utíšiť
• Spanish: callar (es)
• Turkish: susturmak (tr)

to soothe

• Bulgarian: утешавам (bg) (utešavam)
• Hungarian: megnyugtat (hu)
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• Maori: pōpō
• Spanish: calmar (es)

Noun

hush (uncountable)

1. A silence, especially after some noise
   • Byron

     It is the hush of night.

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2. A mining method using water

Derived terms

• hush money
• hush puppy
• hush up

• hushaby
• husher
• hushful

• hush-hire
• hush-hush
• hush-shop

Translations

silence

• Bulgarian: тишина (bg) f (tišina), мълчание (bg) n (mǎlčanie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安靜／安静 (zh) (ānjìng), 安静 (zh) (ānjìng)

• Danish: stilhed (da) c
• French: silence (fr) f
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• German: Stille (de) f, Ruhe (de) f
• Japanese: 静けさ (しずけさ, shizukesa)
• Russian: тишина́ (ru) f (tišiná), молча́ние (ru) n (molčánije)
• Slovak: ticho
• Spanish: silencio (es) m

mining method

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Translations to be checked

• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 静けさ (しずけさ, shizukesa)
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Anagrams

• Huhs

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Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• wish

Determiner

hush

1. which