Word Study
hushing
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hushing has 1 sense
- hushing(n = noun.event) fizzle, hiss, hissing, sibilation - a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" is a kind of noise
CIDE DICTIONARY
hushing, n.
The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming and hydraulic mining . [1913 Webster]
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