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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

psoralen, psoriasis, psorosis, PSRO, P.SS., psst, PST, PSTN, PSV, psych, psychasthenia
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Words related to psst

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

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 Sienkiewicz

  • But 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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