HUSHING

hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation

(noun) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); “the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

hushing

present participle of hush

Noun

hushing (plural hushings)

The act of one who hushes, or calls for silence.

The use of a heavy discharge of water to uncover a mineral vein or wash ore.

Anagrams

• Shughni

Source: Wiktionary


Hush"ing, n. (Mining)

Definition: The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming.

HUSH

Hush, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hushing.] Etym: [OE. huschen, hussen, prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hussen to lull to sleep, G. husch quick, make haste, be silent.]

1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of. My tongue shall hush again this storm of war. Shak.

2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe. With thou, then, Hush my cares Otway. And hush'd my deepest grief of all. Tennyson. To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. "This matter is hushed up." Pope.

Hush, v. i.

Definition: 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. Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill. Keble. But all these strangers' presence every one did hush. Spenser.

Hush, n.

Definition: Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] "It is the hush of night." Byron. Hush money, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts. Swift.

Hush, a.

Definition: Silent; quiet. "Hush as death." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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