Hushaby
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech interjection
Quick meaning: Hushaby is an interjection meaning A lullaby used to soothe babies to sleep.
Meaning
A lullaby used to soothe babies to sleep.
More Meanings
- (archaic) hush and be still; a lull to sleep
- (archaic, transitive) To lull to sleep by saying "hushaby".
Example Sentences
The night is fair, and the waves are still, And the wind is singing to you and to me In this lowly home beside the sea — Hushaby, sweet my own!
Hush-a-by, baby, upon the tree-top; / When the wind blows the cradle will rock; / When the bough breaks the cradle will fall; / Down will come cradle and baby and all.
The moaning of their voices seemed to me to be like what is understood in Scotland by a "sugh," and might very well have passed for a hushaby, when the nurse had nearly succeeded in murmuring herself to sleep, as well as her infant.
Word Forms
- hushabies
- hushabying
- hushabied
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lullaby, lullabye, hushling, hush, hushing, husher.
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