<B>hush, </B>verb, noun, interjection, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to stop making a noise; become silent or quiet. <BR> <I>Ex. The wind has hushed.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make silent or quiet. <BR> <I>Ex. Hush your dog. Hush your tongue.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to soothe; calm. <BR> <I>Ex. All her fears were hush'd together (William Cowper).</I> (SYN) allay, lull, pacify, tranquilize. <DD><I>noun </I> a stopping of noise; silence; quiet. <BR> <I>Ex. There we subsided in a cool hush (New Yorker).</I> (SYN) stillness. <DD><I>interj. </I> stop the noise! be silent! keep quiet! <DD><I>adj. </I> (Archaic.) silent; still; quiet; hushed. <BR><I>expr. <B>hush up,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to stop talk, mention, or discussion of; keep from being told. </I> <I>Ex. The facts were hushed up to keep them secret. The thing was hushed up, and never known at court (Jonathan Swift).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Informal.) to be silent; hush. <BR> <I>Ex. We passed out, Greene following us with loud words, ... when I told him to hush up, or I would take him prisoner (William T. Sherman).</I> </DL>
<B>hush-hush, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) having to do with any object, process, plan, policy, or undertaking, the details or existence of which are kept secret. <BR> <I>Ex. a hush-hush meeting. The project is so very hush-hush that even some military agencies working on parts of it don't know the overall purpose (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
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<B>hush money,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> money paid to keep a person from telling something. <BR> <I>Ex. Hush money encourages blackmail.</I> </DL>
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<B>hush-puppy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-pies,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> (Southern U.S.) a small ball of corn meal fried in deep fat. <DD><I>adj. </I> (Slang.) of or characteristic of the South, especially the rural areas of the South. <BR> <I>Ex. hush-puppy country, a hush-puppy accent.</I> </DL>
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<B>hush ship,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> one of a class of light cruisers of very high speed, provided with long-range guns, built by the British during World War I, so called because of the secrecy in regard to their construction. </DL>
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<B>husk</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the dry outer covering of certain seeds and fruits: <DD><B> a. </B>(U.S.) the outer covering of an ear of corn. Corn husks are still green when the corn is ready to eat. <DD><B> b. </B>carob pods (in the parable of the prodigal son, Luke 15:16). <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) the dry or worthless outer covering of anything. <BR> <I>Ex. His spirit was gone; only the husk of a man remained.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to remove the husk from. <BR> <I>Ex. Husk the corn before cooking it.</I> noun <B>husker.</B> </DL>
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<B>husk</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a husky quality or state, as of the voice. </DL>
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<B>husk</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a disease of cattle, characterized by a hacking cough, due to roundworms in the bronchial tubes. </DL>
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<B>husking, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the removal of the husk from corn. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=husking bee.</B> </DL>
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<B>husking bee,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a gathering of neighbors and friends to husk corn. </DL>
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<B>husk tomato,</B> =ground cherry.</DL>
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<B>husky</B> (1), adjective, <B>huskier,</B> <B>huskiest,</B> noun, pl. <B>huskies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>dry in the throat; rough of voice; hoarse. <BR> <I>Ex. a husky tone. A cold sometimes causes a husky cough.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having husks. <DD><B> 3. </B>like a husk. <BR> <I>Ex. a husky covering.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>big and strong; vigorous. <BR> <I>Ex. a husky young man.</I> (SYN) burly. <DD><I>noun </I> (Informal.) a big, strong person. adv. <B>huskily.</B> noun <B>huskiness.</B> </DL>
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<B>husky</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>huskies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=Siberian husky.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. starving huskies ... from some Indian village (Jack London).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=Eskimo dog.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>an Eskimo. </DL>
<B>hussar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a light-armed cavalry soldier in various European armies. <DD><B> 2. </B>one of a body of light cavalry organized in Hungary during the 15th century. </DL>
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<B>Hussite, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a follower of John Huss, a Bohemian religious reformer, executed in 1415. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Huss or his teachings. </DL>
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<B>Hussitism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the doctrines of John Huss or his followers. </DL>
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<B>hussy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-sies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a bad-mannered or pert girl; minx. <BR> <I>Ex. The hussy dared to talk back to me! Alice may only turn out a story-telling little hussy after all (William de Morgan).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a worthless woman; woman who flaunts her immorality; jade. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) a housewife (def. 3). Also, <B>huzzy.</B> </DL>
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<B>hustings, </B>noun pl. or sing.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the platform or place from which speeches are made in a political campaign. <BR> <I>Ex. There seems to be a reluctance on the part of many Republicans to take to the hustings; or perhaps it is just inertia (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the platform from which candidates for the British Parliament were formerly nominated and from which they addressed the voters. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Especially British.) the proceedings at an election. <DD><B> 4. </B>Also, <B>hustings court.</B> a local court in certain cities of Virginia. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Historical.) a local court of justice, once common in English boroughs. </DL>
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<B>hustle, </B>verb, <B>-tled,</B> <B>-tling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to carry, send, or move quickly; hurry; bustle. <BR> <I>Ex. Mother hustled the baby to bed.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to push or shove roughly; jostle rudely. <BR> <I>Ex. The other boys hustled him along the street.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to force hurriedly or roughly. <BR> <I>Ex. The police hustled the tramp out of town.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) <DD><B> a. </B>to sell or hawk. <BR> <I>Ex. I ... visited the stand at which I once hustled potatoes and tomatoes (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to get or sell in a hurried, rough, or illegal manner. <BR> <I>Ex. to hustle used cars, to hustle stolen goods.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to hurry; bustle. <DD><B> 2. </B>to rush roughly; push one's way. <BR> <I>Ex. to hustle along through the crowd.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) to go or work with tireless energy. <BR> <I>Ex. He had to hustle to make enough money to support his large family.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) to get money, business, or other activity, in a hurried, rough, or illegal manner. <BR> <I>Ex. to hustle on the streets to pay for drugs.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B><B>=Hustle.</B> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a hurry; bustle. <BR> <I>Ex. It was a hustle to get the dishes washed by seven o'clock.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) tireless energy; energetic or pushing activity; push. <BR> <I>Ex. It was done with much hustle and bustle.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>rough pushing or shoving; rude jostling. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) a business or activity, often an illegal one. <BR> <I>Ex. His hustle is bookmaking.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Informal.) a sale, often an illegal one. <BR> <I>Ex. arrested for a hustle of narcotics.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B><B>=Hustle.</B> </DL>
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<B>Hustle, </B>noun, verb, <B>-tled,</B> <B>-tling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a lively, syncopated ballroom dance with various steps, figures, and patterns performed by couples in close contact. <BR> <I>Ex. The Hustle is a dance of posture, rigor, and coordination ... that demands little floor space (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>music for this dance. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to dance the Hustle. <BR> <I>Ex. Hustling is done to specially written dance music (New York Sunday News).</I> </DL>
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<B>hustler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who hustles. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Informal.) a very energetic or pushing person. <DD><B> 3a. </B>(U.S. Slang.) a petty criminal. <DD><B> b. </B>a prostitute. </DL>
<B>hut</B> (1), noun, verb, <B>hutted,</B> <B>hutting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a small, roughly made cabin. <BR> <I>Ex. The boys built a hut in the woods.</I> (SYN) shack. <DD><B> 2. </B>a temporary wooden or metal structure for quartering troops. See also <B>Nissen hut,</B> <B>Quonset hut.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>a stockman's cottage in Australia. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to place in a hut or huts; furnish with a hut or huts. <DD><B> 2. </B>to place (troops or other men) in huts, especially for winter quarters. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to lodge or take shelter in a hut or huts. <DD><B> 2. </B>to go into winter quarters. adj. <B>hutlike.</B> </DL>
<B>hutch, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a box or pen for small animals. Rabbits are kept in hutches. <DD><B> 2. </B>a hut or cabin. <DD><B> 3. </B>a box, chest, or bin. <DD><B> 4. </B>a cupboard with open shelves on the upper part, especially for holding dishes. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to put in a hutch; lay up, as in a chest. </DL>
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<B>Hutchins' goose,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a Canada goose breeding in the Canadian Arctic and flying south to the Gulf Coast of Mexico; Richardson's goose. </DL>
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<B>hutia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of large ratlike rodents, native to South America and the larger islands of the West Indies. It is closely related to the coypu. </DL>
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<B>hutment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a hut, especially for troops. <BR> <I>Ex. Less than a mile and a half from the port is Jordan territory, with the British garrison's hutments at Akaba plainly visible (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>accommodation in huts. <DD><B> 3. </B>a camp of huts. </DL>
