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HUSHING

Dictionary entry overview: What does hushing mean?

• HUSHING (noun)
The noun HUSHING has 1 sense:

1. a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

Familiarity information: HUSHING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HUSHING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

fizzle; hiss; hissing; hushing; sibilation

Context example:

the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience

Hypernyms ("hushing" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

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