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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My little dog he cried out in the dark, He would not whisht for me: I took him to my side—why did he bark When you were on the sea?
From The Fairy Changeling and Other Poems by Shorter, Dora Sigerson
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
She'd be talkin' that way to hearten up me father; but as often as not he'd on'y let a roar at her to whisht, he was that discouraged.
From Strangers at Lisconnel by Barlow, Jane
Whisht, whisht, Jack," said the landlord; "but when a man's sae scomfisht as ye maun be the night after your skirring, a word o' vexation canna be a great faut.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John
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