psst

alternative pst · alternative pssst

1. onomatopoeicUsed to call animals.
2. onomatopoeicUsed to request silence.

   Synonyms: shh

3. onomatopoeicUsed to imply 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.

   Synonyms: hist, ahem, ahoy, cooee, hey, heyo, hoi, oi

4. onomatopoeicImitating a spray.

present singular third person pssts · participle present pssting · participle past pssted · past pssted · alternative pst · alternative pssst

1. informalTo say psst, to get someone's attention or to communicate with them.

   and I was just rounding the fourth-floor landing when Claudia pssted at me

   2015, Dale Peck, The Garden of Lost and Found