psht

psht

1. Synonym of pshaw
   • 1868, Edmund Hodgson Yates, The Rock Ahead (volumes 1-2, page 209)

     "Psht!" said the old gentleman to himself, as he lay back in his easy-chair, revolving all these things in his mind — "how many of 'em have I seen? There was Miss Lavrock — charmin' voice she had, bright and shrill, like a bird's pipe […]

   • Wyatt Underwood, Poems for Harley Riders and Other Transcendentals (page 45)

     His shadowed eyes prowled the young dancers. "These," he said. "Psht." He spat. "They'll never know." He downed his beer […]

2. Synonym of shh
   • 1968, Frigyes Karinthy, Please Sir! (page 12)

     Psht! he says, with a shove in my ribs and an angry sidelong look. Why, of course: here I am, making all this racket when there's this oral test going on in front of the blackboard […]

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