whister
interjection
1.
hush! silence! be still!
adjective
2.
hushed; silent; still.
noun
3.
Chiefly Irish. silence: Hold your whist.
verb (used without object)
4.
British Dialect. to be or become silent.
verb (used with object)
5.
British Dialect. to silence.
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whisht or (Scot) whist (hwiʃt, hwist) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —interj | |
| 1. | hush! be quiet! |
| —adj | |
| 2. | silent or still |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to make or become silent |
| [C14: compare | |
| whist or (Scot) whist | |
| —interj | |
| —adj | |
| —vb | |
| [C14: compare | |
| whist1 (wɪst) | |
| —n | |
| a card game for four in which the two sides try to win the balance of the 13 tricks: forerunner of bridge | |
| [C17: perhaps changed from | |
| whist2 (hwist) | |
| —interj, —adj, —vb | |
| a variant of whisht | |
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Word Origin & History
whist
card game, 1663, alteration of whisk "kind of card game," alluded to as early as 1529, perhaps so called from the notion of "whisking" up cards after each trick; altered perhaps from assumption that it was an interjection invoking silence, from whist "silent" (M.E.).
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