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  • interjection Requesting silence. Asking people to keep silent.

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Examples

  • We'll just start calling you SSH for short - as in shh, the staid suburban housewife has a secret glamorous life as a bestselling author ...

    Romantic Times 2007

  • Anyhoo, you know when the manager of the pizza place is "shh"-ing the librarians, you're pretty crazy.

    Busy Busy Tuesday fusenumber8 2007

  • The Metro-North press release lends credence to her concern: customers, it says, will be "self-monitoring," though conductors will be authorized to issue something called a "shh card."

    NYT > Home Page By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS 2012

  • This kid was so enthralled that when the flight attendant came by to offer drinks he put his finger to his lips and said "shh" and went right back to what seemed to be a video violence addiction.

    Michelle Renee: Have We Become Comfortably Numb to Violence and Abuse? 2010

  • MOOS (on camera): It was the "shh" heard around the world.

    CNN Transcript May 12, 2007 2007

  • The State Department is launching a "shh" campaign in the new war on terrorism.

    CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2001 2001

  • Certainly putting up posters saying "shh" I don't think is furthering the war on terrorism an awful lot.

    CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2001 2001

  • Once again you hear "shh" from all I sides, and we're doing everything more quietly.

    The Diary Of A Young Girl Frank, Anne, 1929-1945 1991

  • The Colorado Springs and Pueblo police departments are searching for a suspect that they've dubbed the "shh" bandit for his unusual method of robbing stores.

    KKTV - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • The Colorado Springs and Pueblo police departments are searching for a suspect that they've dubbed the "shh" bandit for his unusual method of robbing stores.

    KKTV - HomePage - Headlines 2010

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