hushnoun [ S or U ]
uk/hʌʃ/us/hʌʃ/a sudden, calm silence:
There was a deathly hush after she made the announcement.
A hush fell over the room.
mainly UK informal Let's have some hush, please! (= Be quiet, please!)
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Silence & quiet
- breath
- hear
- hushed
- keep it down idiom
- keep sth down
- muffle
- muffled
- mute
- muted
- noiseless
- pindrop silence
- quiet
- quieten
- quietly
- radio silence
- silence
- silent
- trail
- trail away/off
- you could have heard a pin drop idiom
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hushexclamation
uk/hʌʃ/us/hʌʃ/used to tell someone to be quiet:
Hush! You'll wake the baby!
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Linguistics: interjections
- (well) what do you know! idiom
- aiyo
- aw shucks
- awesomesauce
- bam
- bless
- boo
- charming
- good show idiom
- goodness
- heck
- hot dog! idiom
- same to you idiom
- stuff and nonsense idiom
- talk
- use your loaf idiom
- voilà
- wake up! idiom
- what an idea! idiom
- yes
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