interjection
- used to attract someone's attention quietly or to call for silence
Usage: informal; often used to get someone to listen or to hush others
Examples
- Hist! Come over here and look at this.
- Hist, everyone—the teacher is about to announce the test results.
- He whispered 'hist' to get his friend's attention across the room.
- Hist, be quiet or you'll wake the baby.
- She said 'hist' and gestured for us to gather around.