psssh.

n.  the sound of an exhalation, as in the novel Addiction by G.H. Ephron.


n.  the sound of an explosion, as during warfare.

<We killed them all.  Close to four dozen men.  Psssh!  —Marc Bojanowski, The Dog Fighter: A Novel.>

n.  the sound of something squishy.

<[Y]our feet are hot and sweaty because they seem to be covered with something that compresses periodically, rhythmically, accompanied by psssh.  —John Smolens, Fire Point: A Novel of Suspense.>

n.  the sound of urinating, as in the comic book Schizo #2 by Ivan Brunetti.

psssshhhh.

n.  the hiss of a soda can, as in the comic strip “PvP” by Scott R. Kurtz; see also pfffsss, psst.

pssssssht.

n.  radio static; white noise.

<PSSSSSSHT!  Heavy static followed the interrupted transmission, and the soldier at the radio frowned as he tried to reach the communications van again, to no avail.  —Black Dragon, “Guardian: A Ranma 1/2 Fanfiction.”>

psssst.

n.  a “conspiratorial whisper,” as in the novel The Stand: Expanded Edition by Stephen King.

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