hush:1
verb1546{ds|t|1||}
- calm, quiet
- to put at rest : mollify
- to keep from public knowledge : suppress
hush:2
adjective
hush
\
1602{ds||1||}
- silent, still
- intended to prevent the dissemination of certain information
hush:3
noun
hush
\
1650
- a silence or calm especially following noise : quiet
hush-hush
adjective1916
- secret, confidential
hush puppy
noun
hush puppy
\
circa 1918
- cornmeal dough shaped into small balls and fried in deep fat —usually used in plural
hush money
noun
hush money
\
- money paid so that someone will keep information secret : money that a person pays someone to hush something up
hush up
phrasal verb
hush up
\
- to be quiet
hush up (someone or something)
idiom
hush up (someone or something)
\
- to prevent people from knowing the truth about (something, such as a crime)
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