whisht
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
Definition of whisht
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
intj
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(British, Ireland, Northumbria, Scotland, especially)Shush, silence, be quiet!
““You must have loved him very much,” she said. “Whisht,” said the old woman, “there’s a word that you must never use until there's marrying between you […]””
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intj
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(British, Ireland, Northumbria, Scotland, especially)Shush, silence, be quiet!
““You must have loved him very much,” she said. “Whisht,” said the old woman, “there’s a word that you must never use until there's marrying between you […]””
- A sound often used to calm livestock, cattle, sheep etc.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English qwyst, whisht, whist, imitative, though perhaps influenced by other verbs in wh- used in the imperative or by hust (adjective).
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