hushed-up

1. 1.

   (used of information or news) kept secret by using influence

   “hushed-up stories sometimes leak out”

   Similarsuppressed

Questions about hushed-up

What does hushed-up mean?

hushed-up means "(used of information or news) kept secret by using influence".

How many syllables are in hushed-up?

hushed-up has 3 syllables and divides as hu-she-d-up under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is hushed-up a common word?

hushed-up is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.