'Hushing' definitions:
Definition of 'hushing'
From: WordNet
noun
A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" [syn: hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation]
Definition of 'Hushing'
From: GCIDE
- Hush \Hush\ (h[u^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hushed (h[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Hushing.] [OE. huschen, hussen, prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hussen to lull to sleep, G. husch quick, make haste, be silent.]
- 1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of. [1913 Webster]
- My tongue shall hush again this storm of war. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe. [1913 Webster]
- With thou, then, Hush my cares? --Otway. [1913 Webster]
- And hush'd my deepest grief of all. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. "This matter is hushed up." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hushing'
From: GCIDE
- Hushing \Hush"ing\, n. (Mining) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming and hydraulic mining. [1913 Webster +PJC]