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wheesh

wheesh interjection: a plea or demand for silence; hush.

Interjection

  1. A plea or demand for silence; hush.

Verb

wheesh (third-person singular simple present wheeshes, present participle wheeshing, simple past and past participle wheeshed)

  1. To silence (a person, noise, etc) or to be silent.

Noun

wheesh (plural wheeshes)

  1. Silence; hush.

Forms of wheesh

Verb
third-person singular presentwheeshes
present participlewheeshing
past participlewheeshed
pastwheeshed
Noun
pluralwheeshes

Origin of wheesh

Of imitative origin. Compare hush.

Questions about wheesh

What does wheesh mean?
Wheesh means a plea or demand for silence; hush.
What part of speech is wheesh?
Wheesh can be an interjection, a verb or a noun.

Words near wheesh in the dictionary

  1. wheeple
  2. wheepled
  3. wheeples
  4. wheepling
  5. whees
  6. wheesh
  7. wheeshed
  8. wheeshes
  9. wheeshing
  10. wheesht
  11. wheetle

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