Definitions for Hush
hʌʃhush

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. hush, stillness, stillverb

   (poetic) tranquil silence

   "the still of the night"

2. hushverb

   become quiet or still; fall silent

   "hush my baby!"

3. hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush upverb

   cause to be quiet or not talk

   "Please silence the children in the church!"

4. quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe downverb

   become quiet or quieter

   "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"

5. hushverb

   wash by removing particles

   "Wash ores"

6. hushverb

   run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hushnoun

   A silence, especially after some noise

2. hushnoun

   A mining method using water

3. hushverb

   to become quiet

4. hushverb

   to make quiet

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hushadjective

   Still; silent; quiet.

   Etymology: from the interjection.

   As we often see, against some storm,
   A silence in the heav’ns, the rack stand still,
   The bold winds speechless, and the orb below
   As hush as death. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

2. HUSHinterj.

   Silence! be still! no noise!

   Etymology: Without etymology.

   The king hath done you wrong; but hush! ’tis so. William Shakespeare.

   There’s something else to do; hush and be mute,
   Or else our spell is marr’d. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

3. To Hushverb

   To still; to silence; to quiet; to appease.

   Yet can I not of such tame patience boast,
   As to be husht, and nought at all to say. William Shakespeare, Rich. II.

   It was my breath that blew this tempest up,
   Upon your stubborn usage of the pope;
   But since you are a gentle convertite,
   My tongue shall hush again this storm of war,
   And make fair weather in your blust’ring land. William Shakespeare, K. John.

   Speak softly;
   All’s husht as midnight yet. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   My love would speak; my duty hushes me. William Shakespeare.

   When in a bed of straw we shrink together,
   And the bleak winds shall whistle round our heads,
   Wilt thou then talk thus to me? Wilt thou then
   Hush my cares thus, and shelter me with love? Thomas Otway.

   Hush’d as midnight silence go;
   He will not have your acclamations now. Dryden.

   Her fire at length is kind,
   Calms ev’ry storm, and hushes ev’ry wind;
   Prepares his empire for his daughter’s ease,
   And for his hatching nephews smooths the seas. Dryden.

   Upon his rising the court was hushed, and a whisper ran. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

4. To Hushverb

   To be still; to be silent.

   Etymology: from the interjection.

   This frown’d, that fawn’d, the third for shame did blush;
   Another seemed envious or coy;
   Another in her teeth did gnaw a rush;
   But at these strangers presence every one did hush. F. Queen.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hush

   Hush is a song written by American composer and musician Joe South, for recording artist Billy Joe Royal, whose single peaked at number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 28 October – 11 November 1967, and No. 45 in Canada. South himself recorded the song in 1968, and included it on his second album, Games People Play. Deep Purple and Kula Shaker had later hits with covers of the song, in 1968 and 1996 respectively.

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1. hush

   Hush is a verb typically used to refer to the act of making quiet, calm, or causing to stop making noise. Used as a noun, it refers to silence or a period of quiet. It is also often used as an interjection to tell someone to be quiet or to stop talking.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hushverb

   to still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of

2. Hushverb

   to appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe

3. Hushverb

   to become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise

4. Hushnoun

   stillness; silence; quiet

5. Hushadjective

   silent; quiet

6. Etymology: [OE. huschen, hussen, prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hussen to lull to sleep, G. husch quick, make haste, be silent.]

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1. Hush

   Hush is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. He was usually an enemy of Batman. Created by writer Jeph Loeb and artist Jim Lee, the character first appeared in Batman #609, as part of the 12-issue storyline, Batman: Hush. Hush resurfaced in Batman: Gotham Knights, and later in Detective Comics and Batman: Streets of Gotham.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hush

   hush, interj. or imper. silence! be still!—adj. silent: quiet.—v.t. to make quiet: (min.) to clear off soil, &c., overlying the bed-rock.—ns. Hush′aby, a lullaby used to soothe babies to sleep; Hush′-mon′ey, money given as a bribe to hush or make one keep silent.—Hush up, to stifle, suppress: to be silent. [Imit. Cf. hist and whist.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hush

   A name of the lump-fish, denoting the female.

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hushnoun

   Silence. "You all in a hush, silent, trying to listen" -- DJ Krush f/ Black Thought (Zen Approach) also an MC, a friend of Eminem, MC HUSH.

2. hushverb

   Stop talkin, be quiet. "Hush baby, wanna let ya know" -- LL Cool J f/ 7 Aurelius (Hush)

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1. hush

   Song lyrics by hush -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by hush on the Lyrics.com website.

2. HUSH

   What does HUSH stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HUSH acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HUSH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hush is ranked #53072 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hush surname appeared 390 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hush.
   
   67.1% or 262 total occurrences were White.
   28.7% or 112 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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1. • Change
   • Mining
   • Wash
   • Water

How to pronounce Hush?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Hush in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hush in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hush in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Hush in a Sentence

1. Henry James, "The Ambassadors", Book Seventh, Chapter 3:

   It struck him really that he had never so lived with her as during this period of her silence; the silence was a sacred hush, a finer clearer medium, in which her idiosyncrasies showed.

2. Stephanie Clifford:

   TRUMP REP, FORMER PORN STAR DENY ‘ HUSH MONEY ’ CLAIMS In a letter, obtained and reviewed by Fox News, Stephanie Clifford also denied all allegations. I recently became aware that certain news outlets are alleging that I had a sexual and/or romantic affair with Donald Trump many, many, many years ago. I am stating with complete clarity that this is absolutely false, my involvement with Donald Trump was limited to a few public appearances and nothing more.

3. President Donald Trump:

   I welcome the opportunity to return to Congress to once again testify under oath truthfully and honestly regarding the hush money payments, which was performed at the direction and in accordance with@POTUS@realDonaldTrump. Justice will be served.

4. Michael Cohen:

   Other checks tmsnrt.rs/2BVqSeh to reimburse me for the hush money payments were signed by Don Jr. and Allen Weisselberg.

5. Michael Cohen:

   The facts are well known to all, the hush money payment was done at the direction of and for the benefit of Donald J. Trump.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Hush
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hush
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Hush
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hush
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hush
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Hush
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Hush
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Hush
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html