how to pronounce hush

/ˈhʌʃ/

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the above transcription of hush is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

hush is pronounced in one syllable

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example pitch curve for pronunciation of hush

hʌʃ

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video examples of hush pronunciation

An example use of hush in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and you're known for zesty hush puppies …”

meaning of hush

Hush means to make quiet or stop talking.

hush frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word hush occurs in english on average 2.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hush can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hush can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to hush

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