shush

«shush» in Mova's school dictionary: a word that tells someone to be quiet — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) «Shush!» is a word that tells someone to be quiet. tree →

2) To shush someone is to tell them to be quiet, often by saying «shh». tree →

sense 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 →
• The librarian shushed us. tree →
• «Shush, I'm trying to listen,» said Mum. tree →
• She kept shushing her little brother in the cinema. tree →
• Shush, or the teacher will hear us! tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shush» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.