hushaby
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hushaby
Where it comes from
Blend of hush + lullaby or hush + -a- (connective interfix) + by (“goodbye, as in bye-bye”).
interjection hush-a-bye
- hush and be still; a lull to sleep Hush-a-by, baby, upon the tree-top; / When the wind blows the cradle will rock; / When the bough breaks the cradle will fall; / Down will come cradle and baby and all.
noun hushabies · hush-a-bye
- A lullaby used to soothe babies to sleep. The moaning of their voices seemed to me to be like what is understood in Scotland by a "sugh," and might very well have passed for a hushaby, when the nurse had nearly succeeded in murmuring herself to sleep, as well as her infant.
verb hushabies · hushabying · hushabied · hush-a-bye
- To lull to sleep by saying "hushaby".
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