A word used in Jamaica used to mean "I'm sorry that thing happened to you" or "don't mind" or when something bad happens to someone and you are trying to comfort them, often thought to mean shut up which is not the case in this context.
Pearl: Me drop and lick me knee mommy Mommy: Hush yah it soon get betta go put some hydrogen peroxide on it
money paid to someone to buy their silence, to prevent them from revealing or making public something secret one does not wish to come out;
or just putting it straight and plain: money paid to someone for keeping their mouth shut, a bribe for somebody's silence.
She's been given enough hush money to keep her mouth shut till the end of the world and even a day longer, at least that's what she said. But you know women and alcohol - a dangerous combination of the two: at Peter's party last week she had had a drink or two too much and she let the cat out of the bag.
A hush ring is an engagement ring given with no foreseeable intention of marriage. It is usually given when a couple has been together for several years (usually with children) and the woman nags the man about getting married.
Man I gave my girl a ring so she would shut up about getting married.
So man you gave her a hush ring.