psst

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English

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Etymology

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Imitative. First attested in the 1920s. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /psːː(t)/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Interjection

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psst (with more 's' as needed)

  1. (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.

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Verb

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

  1. (informal) To say psst, to get someone's attention or to communicate with them.
    • 2015, Dale Peck, The Garden of Lost and Found[1]:
      and I was just rounding the fourth-floor landing when Claudia pssted at me

Anagrams

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Finnish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpsːt/, [ˈps̠ːt̪]
  • Syllabification(key): psst

Interjection

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psst

  1. psst

Slovak

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Etymology

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Imitative.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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psst

  1. (onomatopoeia) Implies that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person.

Further reading

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  • psst”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024