shushing

/SH AH1 SH IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To be quiet; to keep quiet.

    “He wouldn't shush so I kicked him.”

  2. 2

    To ask someone to be quiet, especially by saying shh.

    “The boy in front of us was making too much noise, so we shushed him.”

noun
  1. 1

    The act of making a shush sound to silence somebody.

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