hushaby

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18
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17
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7

Definition of hushaby

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

intj

  1. (archaic)hush and be still; a lull to sleep
    “Hush-a-by, baby, upon the tree-top; / When the wind blows the cradle will rock; / When the bough breaks the cradle will fall; / Down will come cradle and baby and all.”
    “The night is fair, and the waves are still, And the wind is singing to you and to me In this lowly home beside the sea — Hushaby, sweet my own!”
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intj

  1. (archaic)hush and be still; a lull to sleep
    “Hush-a-by, baby, upon the tree-top; / When the wind blows the cradle will rock; / When the bough breaks the cradle will fall; / Down will come cradle and baby and all.”
    “The night is fair, and the waves are still, And the wind is singing to you and to me In this lowly home beside the sea — Hushaby, sweet my own!”

noun

  1. A lullaby used to soothe babies to sleep.
    “The moaning of their voices seemed to me to be like what is understood in Scotland by a "sugh," and might very well have passed for a hushaby, when the nurse had nearly succeeded in murmuring herself to sleep, as well as her infant.”

verb

  1. (archaic, transitive)To lull to sleep by saying "hushaby".

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Etymology

Blend of hush + lullaby or hush + -a- (connective interfix) + by (“goodbye, as in bye-bye”).

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