Hist

Quick meaning: Hist is an interjection meaning Abbreviation of history.

Meaning

Abbreviation of history.

More Meanings

1. (US) Pronunciation spelling of hoist.
2. (dated) An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.
3. (dated) An injunction to be silent and/or to pay attention to what is being said or can be heard.
4. (dated) An instance of an exclamation attracting attention or injunction to be silent.

Example Sentences

There’s a clue somewhere; wait a bit; hist—hark! By Jove, I have it!

'A tinker!' repeated Sir Hugh, quite loud, in defiance of the signs and hists! hists! of Camilla, 'good lack! that's a person I should never have thought of!'

1850, Edgar Allan Poe, Scenes from "Politian", 2009 [1902], Charles F. Richardson (editor), The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 1: Poems, page 87, Hist! hist! thou canst not say / Thou hearest not now Baldazzar?,

"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!"

Word Forms

• hists
• histing
• histed

Synonyms for hist

Depending on context, synonyms include psst, hey, yo, hush, shh, shush.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include eccles, psst, shush, sh, shh, hush.

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