To become quiet; to cease making sounds.
Stop talking; be quiet. "Hush up" = "shut up" with a less aggressive tone.
"Hush up, the baby's sleeping."
"hush up" means: Stop talking; be quiet. "Hush up" = "shut up" with a less aggressive tone.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"hush up" means: Stop talking; be quiet. "Hush up" = "shut up" with a less aggressive tone.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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(AAVE) To be quiet.
A classic AAVE expression meaning to be quiet, stop talking, or hold back a reaction — often used expressively when something is surprising or shocking. You might say it as a command to someone talking too much, or as a reflexive response when you hear something mind-blowing. It's warm, Southern-flavored, and way more colorful than just saying 'shut up.' Still very much alive in everyday speech, social media captions, and reaction videos.
(transitive, British) To make someone or something become quieter.
“Hello! That’s why sometimes you gotta tap into that self awareness and hush up lol”
To become quiet; to cease making sounds.
To keep secret, to prevent from becoming known.