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Whisht vs Wisht - What's the difference?

whisht | wisht |

As an interjection whisht

is shush, silence, be quiet.

As a verb wisht is

past tense of wish.

whisht

English

Alternative forms

* wheesht * whish * whist

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (British, Scotland) shush, silence, be quiet!
  • A sound often used to calm livestock, cattle, sheep etc.

    • References

    * Geordie English Northern England English

    wisht

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (wish)
  • * Vicars, Virgil
    • Great Tuscane dames, as she their towns past by, / Wisht her their daughter-in-law, but frustrately.

    Synonyms

    * wished

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