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