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# shush

verb (shush, shushes, shushed, shushing); interjection (shush!)

«shush» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. «Shush!» is a word that tells someone to be quiet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shush/#m1)
2. To shush someone is to tell them to be quiet, often by saying «shh». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shush/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: in libraries, cinemas, at bedtime. In stories, a librarian shushes noisy children. Phrases: «shush now», «shush!».

### Examples

- Shush! The baby's asleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shush/#x1)
- The librarian shushed us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shush/#x2)
- «Shush, I'm trying to listen,» said Mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shush/#x3)
- She kept shushing her little brother in the cinema. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shush/#x4)
- Shush, or the teacher will hear us! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shush/#x5)

### Note

Informal. Also written «shh» or «sh». Telling an adult «shush» is rude.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shush» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shush/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shush» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shush.html) on Mova free.