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whisht

whisht

English

Alternative forms

Interjection

whisht

(Britain, Scotland) Shush, silence, be quiet!
A sound often used to calm livestock, cattle, sheep etc.

Translations

shush, silence, be quiet

Finnish: hys (fi)

a sound often used to calm livestock, cattle, sheep etc.

References

The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118