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wheesht

wheesht is the alternative spelling of whisht.

Meaning of whisht

Interjection

  1. (Ireland, Northumbria, Scotland, UK, especially) Shush, silence, be quiet!
    • [O]h! how he did bellow, an' how he did squeal. "Whisht, alanna," sed Judy, "there's no fear o' yer; shure it's only ovir the stone bridge we're goin'."1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 526
  2. A sound often used to calm livestock, cattle, sheep etc.

Questions about wheesht

What is wheesht the alternative spelling of?
Wheesht is the alternative spelling of whisht.

Words near wheesht in the dictionary

  1. whees
  2. wheesh
  3. wheeshed
  4. wheeshes
  5. wheeshing
  6. wheesht
  7. wheetle
  8. wheetled
  9. wheetles
  10. wheetling
  11. wheeze

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