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hush up
hush up vb (tr, adverb) to suppress information or rumours about Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | hush up - cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"sleek over, whitewash, gloss overcover up, cover - hide from view or knowledge; "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House" | | 2. | hush up - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"silence, still, hush, quieten, shut upshush - silence (someone) by uttering `shush!'conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"lull, calm down - become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment"shout down - silence or overwhelm by shoutingpipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten, hush - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"gag, muzzle - prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged" |
hushverb1. To cause to become silent:quiet, quieten, shush, shut up, silence, still.2. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check.Also used with up:burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle.Informal: sit on (or upon).3. To prevent (something) from being known.Also used with up:cloak, conceal, cover (up), enshroud, hide, mask, shroud, veil.Idioms: keep under cover, keep under wraps.4. To keep from being published or transmitted.Also used with up:ban, black out, censor, stifle, suppress.Idiom: keep a lid on.noun1. The absence of sound or noise:noiselessness, quiet, quietness, silence, soundlessness, still, stillness.2. An absence of motion or disturbance:calm, calmness, lull, peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness, quiet, quietness, serenity, stillness, tranquillity, untroubledness.adjectiveArchaic. Marked by, done with, or making no sound or noise:hushed, noiseless, quiet, silent, soundless, still, stilly.Translationshush (haʃ) interjection be quiet; silence. Hush! Don't wake the baby. 噓！別作聲！ 嘘！别作声！安静！ noun silence. A hush came over the room. 鴉雀無聲 静寂hushed adjective silent, still. a hushed room/crowd. 鴉雀無聲的 沉静的hush up to prevent from becoming known to the general public. The affair was hushed up. 遮掩 遮掩hush up
hush up1. To be quiet. You kids need to hush up once we go into the church, OK?2. To cause someone to be quiet. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "hush" and "up." The baby wouldn't stop crying until she was reunited with her favorite stuffed animal—that hushed her right up!3. To keep sensitive information from being publicized. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "hush" and "up." They were accused of trying to hush up the scandal by firing anyone involved. A: "What are we going to do about that witness?" B: "Don't worry, we'll hush him up with some money."4. slang To kill someone. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "hush" and "up." Ray hushed up the informant, just as the boss told him to.See also: hush, uphush someone up 1. to make someone quiet. Please hush the children up. I have a telephone call. Hush up those kids! 2. Sl. to kill someone. The gang was afraid the witness would testify and wanted to hush him up. Mr. Big told Sam to hush up Richard.See also: hush, uphush something upFig. to keep something a secret; to try to stop a rumor from spreading. We just couldn't hush it up. We wanted to hush up the story, but there was no way to do it.See also: hush, uphush upto be quiet; to get quiet; to stop talking. You talk too much. Hush up! I want you to hush up and sit down!See also: hush, uphush upKeep from public knowledge, suppress mention of. For example, They tried to hush up the damaging details. [First half of 1600s] See also: hush, uphush upv.1. To stop talking; become quiet: The crowd hushed up as the speaker approached the podium. Hush up—you'll wake the baby!2. To make someone stop talking or become quiet: The guards hushed up the prisoners. Please hush the kids up—I've got a headache.3. To prevent something from being talked about; keep something from public knowledge: The government acted quickly to hush up the scandal. The editor hushed the news story up.See also: hush, uphush someone up1. tv. to make someone be quiet. Please hush your baby up! 2. tv. to kill someone. Nobody knew how to get to Mr. Gutman to hush him up. See also: hush, someone, uphush something up tv. to keep something a secret; to try to stop a rumor from spreading. We wanted to hush up the story, but there was no way to do it. See also: hush, something, upEncyclopediaSeeHushhush up
Related to hush up: look to, in view ofSynonyms for hush upverb cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or errorSynonyms- sleek over
- whitewash
- gloss over
Related Wordsverb cause to be quiet or not talkSynonyms- silence
- still
- hush
- quieten
- shut up
Related Words- shush
- conquer
- inhibit
- stamp down
- suppress
- subdue
- curb
- lull
- calm down
- shout down
- pipe down
- quiesce
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieten
- hush
- gag
- muzzle
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