intj
Meaning 1
Used to call animals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: onomatopoeic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
psst
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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/psː(t)/
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intj
Meaning 2
Used to request silence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: onomatopoeic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shh
Antonyms: none provided
intj
Meaning 3
Used to imply that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: onomatopoeic
Examples
- Psst, John, don’t tell anyone, but I’ve got lots of candy stashed away.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hist, ahem, ahoy, cooee, hey, heyo, hoi, oi, oi oi, yo, yoohoo
Antonyms: none provided
intj
Meaning 4
Imitating a spray.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: onomatopoeic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To say psst, to get someone's attention or to communicate with them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Imitative of the similar sounds people use to call animals, such as cats.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 噓 /嘘 (xū) — implying secrecy
- Chinese Mandarin: 嘶 (sī) — implying secrecy
- Finnish: pst — implying secrecy
- Greek: ψιτ (psit) — implying secrecy
- Greek: πσστ (psst) — implying secrecy
- Portuguese: psit — implying secrecy
- Russian: тсс (tss) — implying secrecy
- Slovak: psst — implying secrecy
- Vietnamese: suỵt — implying secrecy
- Vietnamese: xuỵt — implying secrecy