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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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Either way, our government seems more interested in hushing up its own misdeeds than either keeping us safe or serving justice.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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