psst
or pst
[pst]
- (used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
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Origin of psst
First recorded in 1870–75
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Related Words for psst
exclamation, wow, amen, hello, alas, boo, hurrah, ahem, oh, whoopee, hooray, shucks, er, ouch, rah, ah, egad, golly, hey, huhExamples from the Web for psst
Historical Examples of psst
But Psst and Hush had not waited for orders, and in five minutes the man was caught.
The Crimson Fairy BookVarious
But at that moment, and beyond the curtain of the frigidarium, appeared the heads of the balneatores, and a low "Psst!"
Quo VadisHenryk Sienkiewicz
psst
- an exclamation of beckoning, esp one made surreptitiously
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