psst

English

Alternative forms

pssst, pst

Pronunciation

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Interjection

psst (with more 's' as needed)

(onomatopoeia) Implies that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person.
Psst, John, don’t tell anyone, but I’ve got lots of candy stashed away.

Synonyms

hist; see also Thesaurus:hey

Translations

implying secrecy

Chinese:
Mandarin: 噓 (zh), 嘘 (zh) (xū), 嘶 (zh) (sī)
Finnish: pst
Greek: ψιτ (el) (psit), πσστ (psst)

Portuguese: psit
Russian: тсс (ru) (tss)
Vietnamese: suỵt, xuỵt

Verb

psst (third-person singular simple present pssts, present participle pssting, simple past and past participle pssted)

(informal) To say psst, to get someone's attention or to communicate with them.
- 2015, Dale Peck, The Garden of Lost and Found‎:
  and I was just rounding the fourth-floor landing when Claudia pssted at me

Anagrams

SPST, STPs, TPS's

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