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Definition of psst exclamation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

psst

exclamation

/pst/

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the way of writing the sound people make when they want to attract somebody’s attention quietly
- Psst! Let's get out now before they see us!
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- aargh
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- aha
- ahchoo
- ahem
- aw
- bah
- boo
- coo
- d’oh
- eek
- eh
- er
- eww
- gee
- ha
- hey
- ho ho
- ho-hum
- hooray
- huh
- mm
- oh
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- phew
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- tut
- ugh
- uh
- uh-oh
- uh-uh
- um
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- whoops
- woo hoo
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- yay
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Word Origin1920s: imitative.

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