hush

hush
1 verb
1 hush! spoken used to tell people to be quiet or to comfort a child who is crying or upset: Hush, now. Try to get to sleep.
2 (T) to make someone stop shouting, talking, crying etc
3 (I) to stop shouting, talking etc
hush sth up phrasal verb (T) to prevent the public from knowing about something dishonest or immoral: The whole affair has been hushed up by school officials. 2 noun
1 (singular) a period of silence that comes after there has been a lot of noise, shouting etc, especially because people are expecting something to happen: a hush falls/descends (=everyone becomes quiet): A sudden hush descended on the crowd.
2 can we have/let's have a bit of hush BrE spoken used to ask people, especially noisy children, to be quiet

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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