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Definition of Shush
1. Verb. Silence (someone) by uttering 'shush!'.
Definition of Shush
1. Verb. (onomatopoeia) To be quiet; to keep quiet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shush
1. to silence [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: silence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shush
Literary usage of Shush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in Luristan and Arabistan by C. A. De Bode (1845)
"Visit to the ruins of shush, or Shus (ancient Susa). ... Jealousy of the Arabs
of strangers touching any of the marble fragments at shush. ..."
2. Travels in Luristan and Arabistan by C. A. De Bode (1845)
"Visit to the ruins of shush, or Shus (ancient Susa). ... The ruins of shush lie
four hours' hard riding from Di/ful, in a direction SSW, on the right bank ..."
3. New Light on the Bible and the Holy Land by Basil Thomas Alfred Evetts (1892)
"... with a strong desire to bring to light some of the treasures concealed beneath
the three mounds which the natives at the present day designate as shush. ..."
4. Travels and Researches in Chaldæa and Susiana: With an Account of by William Kennett Loftus (1857)
"As history, tradition, and, to some extent, the names, agree, we are justified
in assuming that the rains of shush represent the shushan of the Bible, ..."
5. A General Bibliographical Dictionary by Friedrich Adolf Ebert, Arthur Browne (1837)
"Caetano de shush, ib. 1744. fol. Ven., Sabbio, 1541. 4°. 30 leaves Lisb. 1652-66.
fol. T. 4. рог Ant. suppressed on account of several religious 3523 ..."
6. At the Court of Amîr: A Narrative by John Alfred Gray (1895)
"The erring Hakim. Courtesy of His Highness. "Microbes." Illness. Elephant riding.
A grateful peasant. Dangerous passes. The Durbar at shush- ..."
7. At the Court of the Amir by John Alfred Gray (1901)
"The erring Hakim. Courtesy of His Highness. "Microbes." Illness. Elephant riding.
A grateful peasant. Dangerous passes. The Durbar at shush- ..."
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