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- interjection Alternative form of
psst .
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Examples
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"Yes, I just leaned over the cat and went 'pssst' in its ear".
How to confirm if a cat's dead. Glyn Davies 2008
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They never agree, and now this. pssst ... hey, gals ... that looks really dumb.
LED Eyelashes 2009
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Heh ... yeah ... and pssst, Rockwood is a sleeper.
Reader poll: Which real estate pipedream is goofier? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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The faint “pssst” from the darkness almost made me jump out of my skin.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Although, pssst, there are a few times the audiobook listener loses some of her swallowed, throw-away words at the ends of sentences.
Tom Alderman: From the Father of Our Country to the Brat Pack in Three Easy Biographies Tom Alderman 2011
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They never agree, and now this. pssst ... hey, gals ... that looks really dumb.
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Looking for good examples of the craven corruption of the National Media is like looking for a good example of a jelly bean in an Easter basket, it hardly matters which one you pick, but I like this one --- their continued presentation of Newt Gingrich as if he's a statesman and sage and not the political equivalent of a guy pssst-ing at you from an alleyway so he can sell you a bridge.
The most successful snake-oil salesman in America today 2009
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Although, pssst, there are a few times the audiobook listener loses some of her swallowed, throw-away words at the ends of sentences.
Tom Alderman: From the Father of Our Country to the Brat Pack in Three Easy Biographies Tom Alderman 2011
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Looking for good examples of the craven corruption of the National Media is like looking for a good example of a jelly bean in an Easter basket, it hardly matters which one you pick, but I like this one --- their continued presentation of Newt Gingrich as if he's a statesman and sage and not the political equivalent of a guy pssst-ing at you from an alleyway so he can sell you a bridge.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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Although, pssst, there are a few times the audiobook listener loses some of her swallowed, throw-away words at the ends of sentences.
Tom Alderman: From the Father of Our Country to the Brat Pack in Three Easy Biographies Tom Alderman 2011
RB commented on the word pssst
I found it on Wiktionary. It's an interjection. It's supposed to be a valid alternative to "psst" which means some kind of a secret message is about to be relayed. :>)
June 24, 2009