| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To silence.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To gag.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Present participle conjugation of the verb hush.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (hush) | 1. Become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!".[Wordnet]. 2. Cause to be quiet or not talk.[Wordnet]. 3. Become quiet or quieter.[Wordnet]. 4. Wash by removing particles.[Wordnet]. 5. Run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals.[Wordnet]. 6. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.[Websters]. 7. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.[Websters]. 8. 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.[Websters]. 9. Base verb from the following inflections: hushing, hushed, hushes, husher, hushers, hushingly and hushedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being sobering.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being quiet, calm, peaceful, peaceable or noiseless.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun | 1. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).[Wordnet]
2. The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HUSHING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HUSHING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Mining | See: hydraulic prospecting; booming. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: hush
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Hush (comics) | Hush (presumably a.k.a. Dr. Thomas Elliot) is a DC Comics supervillain who fights Batman. Created by writer Jeph Loeb and artist Jim Lee, he first appeared in Batman #608 (December 2002). Follwing his 12-issue debut arc, Hush resurfaced in Batman: Gotham Knights, where he has appeared as a recurring villain since issue #50 (April 2004). (references) | ||
| Hush harbor | In antebellum America, a hush harbor was a place where slaves secretly gathered to practice Christianity or syncretic forms of worship, and to sing religious spirituals. Hush harbors were generally located in fields, swamps, or wooded areas so as to make the sounds of the slaves' worship inaudible to nearby slaveowners. As slave spirituality was feared and discouraged in antebellum America, hush harbors were forbidden and participants were often whipped or otherwise physically punished when discovered in the act of communal worship at hush harbors. (references) | ||
| Hush kit | A hush kit is a device for reducing noise from an engine; most commonly the term refers to devices which reduce noise emissions from turbojets. (references) | ||
| Hush money | 1: Money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts. --Swift. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: A bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Hush money | Hush money is an informal term for financial incentives or rewards offered in exchange for not divulging information. (references) | ||
| Hush Puppies | Hush Puppies is an international brand of contemporary, casual footwear for men, women and children. A division of Wolverine Worldwide (NYSE:WWW), Hush Puppies is headquartered in Rockford, Michigan. Wolverine markets or licenses the Hush Puppies name for footwear in over 100 countries throughout the world. In addition, the Hush Puppies name is licensed for non-footwear fashion categories, including clothing, eyewear and plush toys. (references) | ||
| Hush puppy | Deep-fried cornbread ball (southern). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Hush up | 1: Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| 2: Cause to be quiet or not talk. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
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Specialty Expressions: hush
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Hush house | Transportation | A hangar for running up an aircraft, having all air gaps acoustically treated and sound-absorptive materials fitted inside to suppress reverberant build-up. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Hush kit | Transportation | Supplied by manufacturer to operator to quiet an engine, invariably turbojet or turbofan, already in service. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Hush money | Slang in 1811 | HUSH MONEY. Money given to hush up or conceal a robbery, theft, or any other offence, or to take off the evidence from appearing against a criminal. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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