whisht
Americaninterjection
interjection
adjective
verb
Etymology
Origin of whisht
1510–20; ultimately imitative; compare Old English hwiscettung squeaking (said of mice)
Example Sentences
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Yerra, whisht, 'uman, we must hould our heads as high as we can while we have it.
From My New Curate by Sheehan, Patrick Augustine
I started abendin' the hook agen, An' I sez "There's different looks to men, Braave hearts in whisht poor bodies bide, An' looks don't count to what's inside."
From Cornish Catches and Other Verses by Moore, Bernard
You'm brighter far than any star That's shinin' up above 'ee; Sartin sure, you make me mazed, Iss, me deear, a whisht an' crazed; Jenny, Jenny, won't 'ee let me love 'ee?
From Cornish Catches and Other Verses by Moore, Bernard
If ye'd whisht ye're noise," he screamed, "I'd be movin' queek enough.
From The End of the Rainbow by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
"Whisht, man, whisht," said Hope, "it's not safe to be talking of what's here."
From The Northern Iron by Birmingham, George A.
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