ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Shushing

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Shushing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of shush.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of shush.

More Meanings

  1. The act of making a shush sound to silence somebody.

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include silencing, hushing, shusher, shushee, hush, husher.

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