Standard Lemma guide
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
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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intj
Shush, silence, be quiet!
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Northumbria, Scotland, UK, especially
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intj
A sound often used to calm livestock, cattle, sheep etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Middle English qwyst, whisht, whist, imitative, though perhaps influenced by other verbs in wh- used in the imperative or by hust (adjective).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
