whisht

Whisht is defined as a Scottish and Irish expression used to tell someone to be quiet.

(interjection)

An example of whisht is what an Irish woman would tell her husband who's being very loud late at night.

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See whisht in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, noun, interjection

Chiefly Scot., Chiefly Irish hush

See whisht in American Heritage Dictionary 4

interjection
Chiefly Scots and Irish
Used to urge silence.
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