"psst" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

IPA: /psː(t)/ Audio: en-us-psst.ogg Forms: pst [alternative], pssst [alternative]
Etymology: Imitative of the similar sounds people use to call animals, such as cats. Etymology templates: {{onom|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative
  1. (onomatopoeia) Used to call animals. Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-psst-en-intj-NoE3tkUe Categories (other): English onomatopoeias, English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 25 36 2 4 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 25 25 27 21 1 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 27 29 31 5 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 29 29 6 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 30 29 30 4 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 30 32 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 32 31 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 28 33 32 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 31 31 3 4
  2. (onomatopoeia) Used to request silence. Tags: onomatopoeic Synonyms: shh
    Sense id: en-psst-en-intj-TY48RDR7 Categories (other): English onomatopoeias, English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 25 36 2 4 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 25 25 27 21 1 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 27 29 31 5 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 29 29 6 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 30 29 30 4 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 30 32 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 32 31 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 27 36 28 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 28 33 32 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 31 31 3 4
  3. (onomatopoeia) Used to imply that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person. Tags: onomatopoeic Translations (implying secrecy): 噓 /嘘 (xū) (Chinese Mandarin), (sī) (Chinese Mandarin), pst (Finnish), ψιτ (psit) (Greek), πσστ (psst) (Greek), psit (Portuguese), тсс (tss) (Russian), psst (Slovak), suỵt (Vietnamese), xuỵt (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-psst-en-intj-PPS~D5FE Categories (other): English onomatopoeias, English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 25 36 2 4 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 25 25 27 21 1 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 27 29 31 5 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 29 29 6 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 30 29 30 4 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 30 32 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 32 31 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 28 33 32 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 30 38 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 31 31 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 27 29 38 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 27 29 38 3 4 Synonyms: hist, ahem, ahoy, cooee [Australia], hey, heyo, hoi [Britain], oi [Commonwealth], oi oi [British, slang], yo [slang], yoohoo Disambiguation of 'implying secrecy': 20 20 51 9
  4. (onomatopoeia) Imitating a spray. Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-psst-en-intj-dAkInG~9 Categories (other): English onomatopoeias, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 25 25 27 21 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /psː(t)/ Audio: en-us-psst.ogg Forms: pssts [present, singular, third-person], pssting [participle, present], pssted [participle, past], pssted [past], pst [alternative], pssst [alternative]
Etymology: Imitative of the similar sounds people use to call animals, such as cats. Etymology templates: {{onom|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-psst-en-verb-RGImTmOg

Interjection [Finnish]

IPA: /ˈps(ː)t/, [ˈps̠(ː)t̪] Forms: pst [alternative]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|fi}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{head|fi|intj}} psst
  1. (onomatopoeia) psst! (implying secrecy) Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-psst-fi-intj-fi:implying_secrecy Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Finnish onomatopoeias, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Interjection [Slovak]

IPA: /psːt/, [psːt]
Etymology: Imitative. Etymology templates: {{onom|sk|title=Imitative}} Imitative Head templates: {{head|sk|interjection}} psst
  1. (onomatopoeia) psst! (implying secrecy) Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-psst-sk-intj-sk:implying_secrecy Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Slovak entries with incorrect language header, Slovak onomatopoeias

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "ahoy"
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          "word": "cooee"
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          "word": "heyo"
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          "_dis1": "20 20 51 9",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "xū",
          "sense": "implying secrecy",
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          "source": "w"
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        "psst! (implying secrecy)"
      ],
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        "(onomatopoeia) psst! (implying secrecy)"
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      "ipa": "[psːt]"
    }
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}
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        "Used to request silence."
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        "(onomatopoeia) Used to request silence."
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        {
          "word": "shh"
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              0,
              4
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          "text": "Psst, John, don’t tell anyone, but I’ve got lots of candy stashed away.",
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        }
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        "Used to imply that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person."
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          "secret",
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          "whisper",
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        "(onomatopoeia) Used to imply that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person."
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        {
          "word": "hist"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hey",
          "word": "ahem"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hey",
          "word": "ahoy"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hey",
          "tags": [
            "Australia"
          ],
          "word": "cooee"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hey",
          "word": "hey"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hey",
          "word": "heyo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hey",
          "tags": [
            "Britain"
          ],
          "word": "hoi"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hey",
          "tags": [
            "Commonwealth"
          ],
          "word": "oi"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hey",
          "tags": [
            "British",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "oi oi"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hey",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "yo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:hey",
          "word": "yoohoo"
        }
      ],
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        "onomatopoeic"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "Imitating a spray."
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        "(onomatopoeia) Imitating a spray."
      ],
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        "onomatopoeic"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/psː(t)/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-psst.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/En-us-psst.ogg"
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  ],
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "xū",
      "sense": "implying secrecy",
      "word": "噓 /嘘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "sī",
      "sense": "implying secrecy",
      "word": "嘶"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "implying secrecy",
      "word": "pst"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "psit",
      "sense": "implying secrecy",
      "word": "ψιτ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "psst",
      "sense": "implying secrecy",
      "word": "πσστ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "implying secrecy",
      "word": "psit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "tss",
      "sense": "implying secrecy",
      "word": "тсс"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "implying secrecy",
      "word": "psst"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "implying secrecy",
      "word": "suỵt"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "implying secrecy",
      "word": "xuỵt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "psst"
}

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      "form": "pssts",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "pssting",
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        "participle",
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      "form": "pssted",
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        "past"
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      "form": "pssted",
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        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "pst",
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      ]
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      "parts": [
        "psst"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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              62,
              68
            ]
          ],
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          "text": "and I was just rounding the fourth-floor landing when Claudia pssted at me",
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        }
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        "To say psst, to get someone's attention or to communicate with them."
      ],
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        "(informal) To say psst, to get someone's attention or to communicate with them."
      ],
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      ]
    }
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    }
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}

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      "form": "pst",
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        "(onomatopoeia) psst! (implying secrecy)"
      ],
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        "onomatopoeic"
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      "ipa": "/ˈps(ː)t/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈps̠(ː)t̪]"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "(onomatopoeia) psst! (implying secrecy)"
      ],
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        "onomatopoeic"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/psːt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[psːt]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "psst"
}

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