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Hist¹

noun

  1. History (in journal titles such as "J Hist Neurosci" - "Journal of the History of Neuroscience").

hist²

  • /hɪst/

Sounds like hissed · Rhymes with -ɪst

interjection

  1. dated An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.

    Similar: psst

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

    Similar: hush, shh, shush, whist, hark

Similar: hey, yo

noun hists

  1. dated An instance of an exclamation attracting attention or injunction to be silent. '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!'

hist³

  • /hɪst/

Sounds like hissed · Rhymes with -ɪst

noun

  1. abbreviation, uncountable Abbreviation of history

hist⁴

  • /hɪst/

Sounds like hissed · Rhymes with -ɪst

verb hists · histing · histed

  1. US, pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of hoist 1952, R. A. Atkinson, Uncle Aaron Peddles a Possum, 2010 [1976], J. Mason Brewer (editor), Dog Ghosts and The Word on the Brazos (Combined edition), page 30, When he spy de train a-comin' 'roun' de curve, he hists de hankershuf way up ovuh his haid for hit to stop, an' when de engineer rech de spot

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interjection

Similar: hey, yo

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intj injunction to be silent

Русскийтсс tss, цыц cyc

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@misc{hist_2026,
  title = {hist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}