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interjection
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
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Origin of psst
First recorded in 1870–75
Words nearby psst
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How to use psst in a sentence
But at that moment, and beyond the curtain of the frigidarium, appeared the heads of the balneatores, and a low "Psst!"
Quo Vadis|Henryk SienkiewiczBut Psst and Hush had not waited for orders, and in five minutes the man was caught.
The Crimson Fairy Book|Various
British Dictionary definitions for psst
psst
/ (pst) /
interjection
an exclamation of beckoning, esp one made surreptitiously
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