psst

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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

psoriatic, psoriatic arthritis, psorosis, PSRO, P.SS., psst, PST, PSTN, PSV, psych, psychalgia
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Words related to psst

exclamation, wow, amen, hello, alas, boo, hurrah, ahem, oh, whoopee, hooray, shucks, er, ouch, rah, ah, egad, golly, hey, huh

Example sentences from the Web for psst

  • But Psst and Hush had not waited for orders, and in five minutes the man was caught.

    The Crimson Fairy Book|Various

  • But at that moment, and beyond the curtain of the frigidarium, appeared the heads of the balneatores, and a low "Psst!"

    Quo Vadis|Henryk Sienkiewicz

British Dictionary definitions for psst

psst
/ (pst) /

interjection

an exclamation of beckoning, esp one made surreptitiously
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012