wheesh

British

/ hwiːʃ, hwiːʃt /

interjection

a plea or demand for silence; hush

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verb

to silence (a person, noise, etc) or to be silent

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noun

silence; hush
be silent! hush!

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Etymology

Origin of wheesh

of imitative origin; compare _hush ¹

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Their faces are full of anger, and their mouths are open to devour—" "Wheesh, wheesh, woman!

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

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