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Psst
/psːː(t)/
To say psst, to get someone's attention or to communicate with them.
📖 Definitions of "Psst"
verb
- 1
To say psst, to get someone's attention or to communicate with them.
interjection
- 1
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."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Psst"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tribunalnoun | (law) An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law. |
| heynoun | To greet with a "hey" |
| courtnoun | An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. |
| ollienoun | (skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding) An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air. |
| hollanoun | (colloquial) To shout out or greet casually. |
| pingnoun | (networking) A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence. |
| shout outverb | To publicly greet or acknowledge a person, group, or organization. |
| shushnoun | A city in Khuzestan Province, Iran, site of ancient Susa. |
| shoutnoun | A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or great effort. |
| holla backnoun | (informal) A holler back; a reply. |
| halloonoun | A shout of halloo. |
| peepnoun | A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one. |
| hollonoun | A cry of "hollo" |
| sound offverb | (military) Command instructing a person to speak up or acknowledge something. |
| hallonoun | The cry "hallo!" |
| give one a yellverb | (informal) To call out to someone. |
| have a word in someone's earverb | (idiomatic, informal) To speak to someone in private. |
| bespeechverb | (transitive) To address in speech |
| whispernoun | The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords. |
| have a quiet wordverb | (idiomatic, informal) To speak to someone in private. |
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