Crossword clues for hush up
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context intransitive informal English) To become quiet; to cease making sounds. 2 (context transitive English) To keep secret, to prevent from becoming known. vb. 1 (context intransitive informal English) To become quiet; to cease making sounds. 2 (context transitive English) To keep secret, to prevent from becoming known.
WordNet
v. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes" [syn: whitewash, gloss over, sleek over]
cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" [syn: hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up] [ant: louden]
Usage examples of "hush up".
I think we've convinced her to hush up and listen, but that child's silences make me nervous.
Moreover, he reckoned much on the interest of the Danglars to hush up the rumor of their own misadventures.
Reluctant to admit he'd been cuckolded and that his impregnable security system had been violated, Elmer had tried to hush up last night's escapade.