Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mining) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called
booming andhydraulic mining .
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- noun The use of a heavy
discharge ofwater to uncover amineral vein or washore . - verb Present participle of
hush .
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- noun a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
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Examples
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Either way, our government seems more interested in hushing up its own misdeeds than either keeping us safe or serving justice.
Balkinization 2007
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Either way, our government seems more interested in hushing up its own misdeeds than either keeping us safe or serving justice.
Balkinization 2007
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Either way, our government seems more interested in hushing up its own misdeeds than either keeping us safe or serving justice.
Balkinization 2007
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Either way, our government seems more interested in hushing up its own misdeeds than either keeping us safe or serving justice.
Balkinization 2007
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Either way, our government seems more interested in hushing up its own misdeeds than either keeping us safe or serving justice.
Balkinization 2007
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Either way, our government seems more interested in hushing up its own misdeeds than either keeping us safe or serving justice.
Balkinization 2007
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Either way, our government seems more interested in hushing up its own misdeeds than either keeping us safe or serving justice.
Balkinization 2007
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Either way, our government seems more interested in hushing up its own misdeeds than either keeping us safe or serving justice.
Balkinization 2007
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Either way, our government seems more interested in hushing up its own misdeeds than either keeping us safe or serving justice.
Balkinization 2007
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Either way, our government seems more interested in hushing up its own misdeeds than either keeping us safe or serving justice.
Balkinization 2007
qroqqa commented on the word hushing
adj. In phonetics: of a sound like the ʃ in 'hushing', as opposed to the sharper s of 'hissing': the postalveolar and alveolopalatal consonants.
October 30, 2008