hush イディオム

hush-hush

something kept secret or hidden, concealed What is the big hush-hush? Everyone seems to be very quiet this morning.

hush up

be or make quiet, stop talking/crying/making noise The child was told to hush up by her mother when they were in the department store.

hushed up

not talked about, keep a secret In the 1950s, if a teen-age girl got pregnant, it was hushed up.

hush money

Idiom(s): hush money

Theme: BRIBERY

money paid as a bribe to persuade someone to remain silent and not reveal certain information.
• Bob gave his younger sister hush money so that she wouldn't tell Jane that he had gone to the movies with Sue.
• The crooks paid Fred hush money to keep their whereabouts secret.

hush up|hush

v. 1. To keep news of (something) from getting out; prevent people from knowing about. It isn't always easy to hush up a scandal. 2. informal To be or make quiet; stop talking, crying, or making some other noise.

Often used as a command. "Hush up," Mother said, when we began to repeat ugly gossip.

hush-hush|hush

adj., informal Kept secret or hidden; kept from public knowledge; hushed up; concealed. The company had a new automobile engine that it was developing, but kept it a hush-hush project until they knew it was successful.

hush

hush
hush up
1) to keep quiet
2) to keep from being told; suppress the report or discussion of