whisht
/(h)wɪʃt
/(also wheesht, whist)
exclamation chiefly Scottish & Irish
Hush (used to demand silence): Whisht, child. Away and do what you’re told...
- In the shelter people were singing and the children were making a noise and one old lady would say "Wheesht, wheesht, they'll hear ya!".
Phrases
hold one's whisht
Origin
Natural exclamation: first recorded in English in the mid 16th century.
- againstism
- against nature
- againstness
- against one's better judgement
- against one's wishes
- against (or with) the stream
- against the grain
- against the law (or rules)
- against the sun
- against time
- Aga Khan
- agal
- agalactia
- agalactic
- agalactous
- agalaxia
- agalite
- agalloch
- agallochum
- agallop
- agalma
- agalmatolite
- agalochum
- agama
- agamae