psst

Interjection

1. (onomatopoeic) Used to call animals.
2. (onomatopoeic) Used to request silence.

   Synonyms:

   shh

3. (onomatopoeic) Used to imply that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person.
   • Psst, John, don’t tell anyone, but I’ve got lots of candy stashed away.

   Synonyms:

   hist, ahem, ahoy, cooee, hey, heyo, hoi, oi, oi oi, yo

4. (onomatopoeic) Imitating a spray.

Verb

psst (third-person singular simple present pssts, present participle pssting, simple past and past participle pssted)

1. (informal) To say psst, to get someone's attention or to communicate with them.
   • and I was just rounding the fourth-floor landing when Claudia pssted at me2015, Dale Peck, The Garden of Lost and Found