PSST

Meaning of PSST in English

/ pst; NAmE / exclamation

the way of writing the sound people say when they want to attract sb's attention quietly :

Psst! Let's get out now before they see us!

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WORD ORIGIN

1920s: imitative.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

PSST — /pst/ , interj. (used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.) Also, pst . [ 1870-75 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PSST — interj. hissing sound made to attract a person's attention without others noticing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PSST — ■ exclamation used to attract someone's attention surreptitiously.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PSST — psst BrE AmE ps, pst
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PSST — psst /pst/ BrE AmE interjection [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: Natural sound ] a sound people make when they want …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PSST — int. (also pst) a whispered exclamation seeking to attract a person's attention surreptitiously. [imit.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PSST — int. (also pst) a whispered exclamation seeking to attract a person's attention surreptitiously. [ imit. ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PSST — int. (also pst) a whispered exclamation seeking to attract a person's attention surreptitiously. Etymology: imit.
Oxford English vocab
PSST — Psst is a sound that someone makes when they want to attract another person’s attention secretly or quietly. ‘Psst! Come …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PSST — Psst is a sound that someone makes when they want to attract another person’s attention secretly or quietly. ‘Psst! Come …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PSST — interjection EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Psst ! Come over here - I want to show you something.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PSST — [exclamation] - a sound made to get someone's attention, esp. without other people noticingPsst, let me have a look at …
Cambridge English vocab
PSST — шш
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PSST — шш
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PSST — межд. ( используется, чтобы незаметно привлечь чье-либо внимание )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PSST — межд. (используется, чтобы незаметно привлечь чье-либо внимание)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PSST — шш
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PSST — шш
Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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