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to wheesht

to wheesht

9.9
To tell someone to be quiet in a soft voice
  • verb
  • UK
translation icon : hacer silencio
  • He told his friend to wheesht so they would not get caught sneaking in.

Examples

  • The teacher asked us to wheesht during the test.

  • Please wheesht for a moment!

  • The librarian raised her finger and whispered wheesht to the chattering students.

  • Whenever the children got too loud, their grandmother would say wheesht in a gentle voice.

  • The teacher asked the students to wheesht while she explained the new lesson.

  • When the baby was sleeping, everyone was careful to wheesht so they wouldn't wake her.

  • He gently said wheesht to his friend during the movie so they could hear the dialogue.

Synonyms

to shut up
vsto wheesht
  • Offensive
∞ 4.1

Tell someone to be quiet in a rude or angry way

is scottish and less aggressive used as a brief regional quieting command
to pipe down
vsto wheesht
  • Informal
35 7.1

To become quiet or tell someone to stop making noise

is scottish and shorter rather than a general idiomatic command
to hush
vsto wheesht
33 3.4

Make a person or thing quiet so others stop making noise

is firmer and blunt used as a short dialectal quieting order
to shush
vsto wheesht
  • Informal
31 5.5

Tell someone to be quiet by making a soft 'shh' sound

is a regional informal spoken command rather than a simple hissing sound
shoo
vsto wheesht
  • Informal
15 7.5

A short call to tell a person or animal to go away and be quiet

is aimed specifically at quieting people rather than sending them away
to put a sock in it
vsto wheesht
  • UK
9 9.1

Tell someone to be quiet

is a short scottish command rather than a colourful phrased request
to hush up
vsto wheesht
  • Informal
2 5.0

Make someone stop talking and be quiet

is a short regional exclamation used as a direct quieting command
to shh
vsto wheesht
  • Informal
8.3

Tell someone to be quiet by making a soft sound with your mouth

is a short regional spoken command rather than only a soft noise
to belt up
vsto wheesht
  • Offensive
9.2

To tell someone to stop talking and be quiet

is scottish regional and more like a short spoken command
to shut one's gob
vsto wheesht
  • UK
9.9

To tell someone rudely to be quiet

is shorter scottish exclamation rather than a longer idiomatic phrase
to shut one's assmouth
vsto wheesht
  • Offensive
9.9

Tells someone to be quiet in a rude way

is scottish and nonvulgar giving a short blunt instruction without crude words

Antonyms

to speak
∞ 1.0

To talk with someone to share thoughts or feelings

How Forceful

to shut up
  • Offensive
∞ 4.1
to silence
169 3.5
to wheesht
  • UK
9.9
to hush
33 3.4
to quiet
68 3.2

Surface Forms

wheesht infinitive
wheeshted past
wheeshted past participle
wheeshting present participle
wheeshts third person singular

Etymology

The verb wheesht comes from that same Scottish hush sound and means to tell someone to 'be quiet' or to make them silent, which is why you can both say wheesht and ask someone to wheesht.