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hist.

An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

intj/hɪst/
  1. An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.

    dated
  2. An injunction to be silent and/or to pay attention to what is being said or can be heard.

    dated
noun/hɪst/
  1. An instance of an exclamation attracting attention or injunction to be silent.

    dated
noun/hɪst/
  1. Abbreviation of history.

    abbreviation · alt-of · uncountable
verb/hɪst/
  1. Pronunciation spelling of hoist.

    US · alt-of · pronunciation-spelling
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.