Add to ORKGwhist"Whisht" (will ye)! - used almost in the same sense as SSHH! But was considered a word rather than just a noise. A mother would say it to her noisy child perhaps as a very polite way of saying "Shut-up"! Be quiet!G. M. Story JUL 1973JH JUL 1973Used IUsed INot usedwhisht; wish(t
whizgigging vbl ngulch - a crevace Ice candles - Icicles which form on the caves of buildings, etc....
scumshy n_Folk Language_: "go on, you _Scumpshey_". This was a common saying in Joe Batt's Arm in t...
whizgigging vbl nThis is what is known as laughing. [children going into fits of laughter over some...
whistThis saying is used when one wants to tell someone to be quiet. I have only heard it being us...
whistThis is a very old word, used by the older generation of my community to mean "keep quiet". I...
whistThis saying is used when one wnts to tell one to be quiet. I have only heard it being used ...
whist"Whistm girl." "Whist, b'y." keep quietDNE-cit [-]3c[-]Used IUsed INot usedwhisht; wish(t
whistsaid by informant's grandfather (78 years old) when he wanted the children to keep quiet.JH 2/...
whizgigging vbl n- whispering and giggling done, usually to annoy older folks. "You young uns had b...
whistOh girl whisht! I had it some bad. For the Lord's sake, whisht about it. 'be quiet, be s...
whizgigging vbl n"Stop your _wizz-giggin_". This was a common saying during Mr. Hall's boyhood; ho...
whistKeep silence.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M.Story July 1956Used IUsed IUsed I[see 'whisht'] wish(t)...
whistan expression meaning to stop talking e.g., "Wisht, don't be talkin'."Used IUsed INot used[see...
bide vThis expression was used to mean keep quiet and don't make a noise. It was usually said whe...
whizgigging vbl n...."noggyheads"* is the one with which I am most familiar,beacuae when I was a sm...
whizgigging vbl ngulch - a crevace Ice candles - Icicles which form on the caves of buildings, etc....
scumshy n_Folk Language_: "go on, you _Scumpshey_". This was a common saying in Joe Batt's Arm in t...
whizgigging vbl nThis is what is known as laughing. [children going into fits of laughter over some...
whistThis saying is used when one wants to tell someone to be quiet. I have only heard it being us...
whistThis is a very old word, used by the older generation of my community to mean "keep quiet". I...
whistThis saying is used when one wnts to tell one to be quiet. I have only heard it being used ...
whist"Whistm girl." "Whist, b'y." keep quietDNE-cit [-]3c[-]Used IUsed INot usedwhisht; wish(t
whistsaid by informant's grandfather (78 years old) when he wanted the children to keep quiet.JH 2/...
whizgigging vbl n- whispering and giggling done, usually to annoy older folks. "You young uns had b...
whistOh girl whisht! I had it some bad. For the Lord's sake, whisht about it. 'be quiet, be s...
whizgigging vbl n"Stop your _wizz-giggin_". This was a common saying during Mr. Hall's boyhood; ho...
whistKeep silence.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M.Story July 1956Used IUsed IUsed I[see 'whisht'] wish(t)...
whistan expression meaning to stop talking e.g., "Wisht, don't be talkin'."Used IUsed INot used[see...
bide vThis expression was used to mean keep quiet and don't make a noise. It was usually said whe...
whizgigging vbl n...."noggyheads"* is the one with which I am most familiar,beacuae when I was a sm...
whizgigging vbl ngulch - a crevace Ice candles - Icicles which form on the caves of buildings, etc....
scumshy n_Folk Language_: "go on, you _Scumpshey_". This was a common saying in Joe Batt's Arm in t...
whizgigging vbl nThis is what is known as laughing. [children going into fits of laughter over some...