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to stop the noise or speech of
  • shushed the crying baby

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The first known use of shush was in 1925

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“Shush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shush. Accessed 24 Sep. 2020.

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