SHUSH
What does "SHUSH" mean?
To tell someone to be quiet, often by making a 'shh' sound.
Meanings
- To urge or order to be silent. The librarian shushed the chattering students. informal
- An utterance used to call for quiet. Shush, the baby's finally asleep. informal
- A soft hushing sound or a request for silence. A sharp shush came from the back row. informal
Word origin
An onomatopoeic word imitating the 'shh' sound used to hush someone, recorded from the early 20th century; an extended, doubled form of 'shush'/'hush'.
Remember it
SHUSH is the sound it makes: two 'sh' sounds wrapped around a hush.
A little poem
Finger to the lips-
the loudest sound in the room
is the one that quiets it.
haiku
Wordplay
- The word 'shush' is itself too noisy - to use it properly you have to be louder than what you're silencing.
What it teaches
Sometimes the quickest way to be heard is to ask, gently, for silence first.
Quick facts
What does SHUSH mean?
To tell someone to be quiet, often by making a 'shh' sound.
Is SHUSH a valid word?
Yes — SHUSH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SHUSH?
SHUSH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SHUSH come from?
An onomatopoeic word imitating the 'shh' sound used to hush someone, recorded from the early 20th century; an extended, doubled form of 'shush'/'hush'.
What can SHUSH teach us?
Sometimes the quickest way to be heard is to ask, gently, for silence first.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.