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histing

histing is the present participle and gerund of hist.

Meaning of hist

Interjection

  1. (dated) An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.
    Synonyms:
    psst
  2. (dated) An injunction to be silent and/or to pay attention to what is being said or can be heard.
    • "My worthy Nelly! I am greatly rejoiced to find it is no other than thee. Hist! child, hist! Should Ishmael gain a knowledge of our plans, he would not hesitate to cast us both from this rock, upon the plain beneath. Hist! Nelly, hist!"1827, James Fenimore Cooper, The Prairie: Chapter XI
    Synonyms:
    hush, shh, shush, whist, hark

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Questions about histing

What is histing the present participle and gerund of?
Histing is the present participle and gerund of hist.

Words near histing in the dictionary

  1. histidinuria
  2. histidinyl
  3. histidinylated
  4. histidyl
  5. histidyls
  6. histing
  7. histio-
  8. histioblast
  9. histioblasts
  10. histiocyte
  11. histiocytes

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