psht
English
[edit]Interjection
[edit]psht
- Synonym of pshaw
- 1868, Edmund Hodgson Yates, The Rock Ahead, volumes 1-2, page 209:
- "Psht!" said the old gentleman to himself, as he lay back in his easy-chair, revolving all these things in his mind — "how many of 'em have I seen? There was Miss Lavrock — charmin' voice she had, bright and shrill, like a bird's pipe […]
- 2011, Wyatt Underwood, Poems for Harley Riders and Other Transcendentals, page 45:
- His shadowed eyes prowled the young dancers. "These," he said. "Psht." He spat. "They'll never know." He downed his beer […]
- Synonym of shh
- 1968, Frigyes Karinthy, Please Sir!, page 12:
- Psht! he says, with a shove in my ribs and an angry sidelong look. Why, of course: here I am, making all this racket when there's this oral test going on in front of the blackboard […]
- Synonym of scat
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 158:
- "Psht! cat! You'll burn yourself," said the tailor.