psht

Meanings

interjection

Synonym of pshaw.
His shadowed eyes prowled the young dancers. "These," he said. "Psht." He spat. "They'll never know." He downed his beer […]
2011, Wyatt Underwood, Poems for Harley Riders and Other Transcendentals, page 45
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"Psht!" said the old gentleman to himself, as he lay back in his easy-chair, revolving all these things in his mind — "how many of 'em have I seen? There was Miss Lavrock — charmin' voice she had, bright and shrill, like a bird's pipe […]
1868, Edmund Hodgson Yates, The Rock Ahead, volumes 1-2, page 209
Synonyms: pshaw
Synonym of shh.
Psht! he says, with a shove in my ribs and an angry sidelong look. Why, of course: here I am, making all this racket when there's this oral test going on in front of the blackboard […]
1968, Frigyes Karinthy, Please Sir!, page 12
Synonyms: shh
Synonym of scat.
"Psht! cat! You'll burn yourself," said the tailor.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 158
Synonyms: scat

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