shh

Definitions

1. An utterance of shh.
2. Initialism of sonic hedgehog homolog (protein).
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. Initialism of sonic hedgehog gene (“the gene encoding for the protein "sonic hedgehog"”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Equivalents

Examples

““Shh,” says Jenny’s mother, “shh. / Give⟳ a shh and a giddyap with your borscht.” / A knock⟳ is heard on Gloria’s door. / “Remember⟳ is someone asleep in the house!” / Jenny gives a shh and laps up her borscht.”

“Twenty-five million dollars each?! There were hmms and shhs around the table.”

“And, unlike with a film, or a TV show⟳, or a dreary drinks party, you can’t just leave⟳ when the boredom descends like⟳ an itchy blanket. You are imprisoned by the etiquette of theatre. You can’t even commit suicide without attracting a chorus of shhes as you splash arterial blood all over the orchestra pit.”

CEFR level