The Clue
"Shut your mouth!" (4 letter answer)
The Answer
HUSH
Tags
Notes
The answer HUSH is uncommon, appearing about once every 450 puzzles.
Related Clues
Lull
Muffle
"Quiet!"
Quiet
Quiet!
Shh!
Silence
"Be quiet!"
"___, little baby . . . "
Make quiet
Make silent
"Pipe down!"
The sound of silence
Theater admonition
Keep concealed, with "up"
Kind of money or puppy
... a mother with noisy kids
"Not another word!"
"Quit your crying!"
"Quit your crying"
"Shut yo' mouth!"
"Stop your gabbin'!"
When doubled, confidential
Word to a crying child
Word with money or puppy
"That's enough out of you!"
When repeated, not to be repeated
Definition
HUSH as a noun:
1. (hush, stillness, still) = (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"
HUSH as a verb:
1. become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!"
2. (hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up) = cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
3. (quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down) = become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
4. wash by removing particles; "Wash ores"
5. run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals