—v. (past and past part. Hurt) 1 (also absol.) Cause pain or injury to.
- cause mental pain or distress to.
- suffer pain (my arm hurts). —n. - injury.
- harm, wrong. [french hurter knock]
HUSH
money n. Slang money paid to ensure discretion.
- —v. Make or become silent or quiet. —int. Calling for silence. —n. Expectant stillness or silence. hush up suppress public mention of (an affair). [husht, an obsolete exclamation, taken as a past part.]
HUSK
—n. - dry outer covering of some fruits or seeds.
- worthless outside part of a thing. —v. Remove husk(s) from. [probably low german]
HUSS
n. Dogfish as food. [origin unknown]
HYMN
—n. - song of esp. Christian praise.
- crusading theme (hymn of freedom). —v. Praise or celebrate in hymns. [greek humnos]
HYPE
slang —n. Extravagant or intensive promotion of a product etc. —v. (-ping) promote with hype. [origin unknown]
HYPO
prefix 1 under (hypodermic).
- below normal (hypotension).
- slightly. [greek hupo under]
- n. Sodium thiosulphate (incorrectly called hyposulphite) used as a photographic fixer. [abbreviation]
- n. (pl. -s) slang = *hypodermic n. [abbreviation]
HABIT
n. - settled or regular tendency or practice (often foll. By of + verbal noun: has a habit of ignoring me).
- practice that is hard to give up.
- mental constitution or attitude.
- dress, esp. Of a religious order. [latin habeo habit- have]
HACEK
n. Diacritic ( ) placed over a letter to modify its sound in some languages. [czech, diminutive of hák hook]
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