hush-hush
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hush-hush
First recorded in 1915–20; reduplication based on hush
Vocabulary lists containing hush-hush
Example Sentences
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Each episode begins with a child's voice: "Hush, hush, says the moon. It's time to go to sleep."
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2019
Samples: Don't cry my doll Don't cry I hold you and rock you to sleep Hush hush I'm pretending now I'm not your mother who died.
From Time Magazine Archive
“What what. Hush hush, Tanee. I wan’t gone, just stepped away. Now I’m here.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
"Hush, hush, do not speak so loud, my dear sir," said Sir John Fenwick; "less than those words brought Sidney's head to the block."
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
"Hush, hush, child!" cried a saleswoman who had stayed with her.
From Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls by Reed, Helen Leah
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