Definitions
an utterance demanding silence
Word origin
From hush. Likely imitative of a nonverbal utterance. Compare Scots whisht (“hush!”).
Used in a sentence
““Shh,” says Jenny’s mother, “shh. / Give a shh and a giddyap with your borscht.” / A knock is heard on Gloria’s door. / “Remember is someone asleep in the house!” / Jenny gives a shh and laps up her borscht.”
“Twenty-five million dollars each?! There were hmms and shhs around the table.”
““Hey,” the test-taker who’d shhed sat up, glared, saw the exec, shut up, and hunched down over the test.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Quiet!”3 letters
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