HUSH UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hush up mean? 

• HUSH UP (verb)
  The verb HUSH UP has 2 senses:

1. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
2. cause to be quiet or not talk

  Familiarity information: HUSH UP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUSH UP (verb)

Meaning:

Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

hush up; sleek over; whitewash; gloss over

Context examples:

Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin / She tried to gloss over her mistakes

Hypernyms (to "hush up" is one way to...):

cover; cover up (hide from view or knowledge)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Meaning:

Cause to be quiet or not talk

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

silence; hush; still; hush up; shut up; quieten

Context example:

Please silence the children in the church!

Hypernyms (to "hush up" is one way to...):

conquer; curb; inhibit; stamp down; subdue; suppress (to put down by force or authority)

Cause:

hush (become quiet or still; fall silent)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hush up"):

shush (silence (someone) by uttering 'shush!')

calm down; lull (become quiet or less intensive)

shout down (silence or overwhelm by shouting)

gag; muzzle (prevent from speaking out)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody