shushing

verb

present participle of shush
as in silencing
to stop the noise or speech of shushed the crying baby

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Recent Examples of shushing During the shock of the absence of Miller, a proctor moved quickly forward, shushing and closing the door. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026 Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim went to 3-0 for the week with a crowd-shushing rally from 2 down to a 2-and-1 victory over Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026 Trae Young won Madison Square Garden’s undying enmity in the 2021 playoffs for the Atlanta Hawks, punctuating game-breaking shots by shushing the crowd or bowing to the fans and waving goodbye. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 Wine country with kids in tow doesn’t have to mean a stressful afternoon of shushing and screen time. — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026 Levy sat on the floor, watching like a proud father and shushing whisperers. — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 Top sleep aid for kids This extremely popular sound machine uses an authentic human voice to calm babies to sleep with a calming, shushing sound. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026 Kempe then put a gloved finger to his lips, shushing the sixth consecutive sellout crowd in Anaheim. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026 After once rising from her seat to scold a man recording the broadcast on his phone to shushing in-studio viewers during an interview with Zohran Mamdani, Whoopi Goldberg just wrote another chapter in her comical relationship with The View's studio audience. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shushing
  1. silencing
  2. hushing
  3. quieting
  4. muting
  5. settling
Verb
  • Carson didn’t answer her phone right away, silencing it until her husband persuaded her to call back.
    — Stacy Keltner, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
  • She is whisked off to prison midway through You Can See Everything, all but silencing her for the viewer.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of silencing
Verb
  • Nelson remembers hushing her foster children back to sleep that night and calling 911, anxious for an end to those sleepless nights.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
  • If you’re used to traditional decluttering strategies that focus on sorting and purging, house hushing might feel strange.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2026
Definition of hushing
Verb
  • Patrick Mahomes finished the job by scrambling up the middle, simultaneously giving the Chiefs an early lead and quieting some doubts about his reconstructed ACL and LCL.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Use the words that suit the tone of the piece, and that might mean quieting your inner voice, or the voice of your mother.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of quieting
Verb
  • Directly below the video panel are buttons for taking a snapshot, manually recording a video clip, muting the speaker, and placing a voice call to the doorbell.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The Broncos’ defense will produce two takeaways, muting 14 receptions by the Rams’ tight ends and running backs.
    — Sam Jane, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of muting
Verb
  • Even before settling in Windsor, Harry and Meghan lived at Nottingham Cottage, within the Kensington Palace complex.
    — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Installing a garden fence or covering your garden during the winter can help discourage them from settling there.
    — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of settling

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“Shushing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shushing. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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