Hist
History (in journal titles such as "J Hist Neurosci" - "Journal of the History of Neuroscience").
• HITs, Tish, hits, iths, shit, sith, this, tish
hist
(dated) An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.
(dated) An injunction to be silent and/or to pay attention to what is being said or can be heard.
• (utterance used to attract someone's attention): psst, hey, yo; see also hey
• (injunction to be quiet): hush, shh, shush, whist
• (injunction to pay attention): hark
hist (plural hists)
(dated) An instance of an exclamation attracting attention or injunction to be silent.
hist (uncountable)
Abbreviation of history.
hist (third-person singular simple present hists, present participle histing, simple past and past participle histed)
(US) Pronunciation spelling of hoist.
• HITs, Tish, hits, iths, shit, sith, this, tish
Source: Wiktionary
Hist, interj. Etym: [Cf. Dan. hys. Hush, Whist.]
Definition: Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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