"psst" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

IPA: /psːː(t)/ Audio: en-us-psst.ogg [US]
Etymology: Imitative. First attested in the 1920s. Etymology templates: {{onom|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative, {{etydate/the|1920s}} the 1920s, {{etydate|1920s}} First attested in the 1920s. Head templates: {{en-interj}} psst
  1. (onomatopoeia) Implies that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person. Tags: onomatopoeic Synonyms: hist, hey Translations (implying secrecy): (Chinese Mandarin), (xū) (Chinese Mandarin), (sī) (Chinese Mandarin), pst (Finnish), ψιτ (psit) (Greek), πσστ (psst) (Greek), psit (Portuguese), тсс (tss) (Russian), suỵt (Vietnamese), xuỵt (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-psst-en-intj--zfZH4ru Categories (other): English onomatopoeias, English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pssst, pst

Verb [English]

IPA: /psːː(t)/ Audio: en-us-psst.ogg [US] Forms: pssts [present, singular, third-person], pssting [participle, present], pssted [participle, past], pssted [past]
Etymology: Imitative. First attested in the 1920s. Etymology templates: {{onom|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative, {{etydate/the|1920s}} the 1920s, {{etydate|1920s}} First attested in the 1920s. 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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pssst, pst

Interjection [Finnish]

IPA: /ˈpsːt/, [ˈps̠ːt̪]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|fi}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{head|fi|interjections|head=}} psst, {{fi-int}} psst
  1. psst Synonyms: pst
    Sense id: en-psst-fi-intj-MsZVu4Qz Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Finnish onomatopoeias

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for psst meaning in All languages combined (5.1kB)

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