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shush¹

  • /ʃʊʃ/
  • /ʃʌʃ/

Rhymes with -ʊʃ, -ʌʃ

Where it comes from

Imitative. Compare shh and hush.

verb shushes · shushing · shushed

  1. intransitive, onomatopoeic To be quiet; to keep quiet. He wouldn't shush so I kicked him.
  2. intransitive, onomatopoeic, transitive To ask someone to be quiet, especially by saying shh. The boy in front of us was making too much noise, so we shushed him.

Shush²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Persian شوش (šuš), from Middle Persian 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 (sūš), from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (çūšā), from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (šušen). Doublet of Susa and Sus.

proper noun

  1. A city in Khuzestan Province, Iran, site of ancient Susa.

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verb To be quiet

Françaischut
العربيةصَمَت ṣamat

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"shush." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shush. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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shush. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shush

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"shush." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shush.

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@misc{shush_2026,
  title = {shush},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shush},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}