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.

pssst.

n.  a “sexy whisper,” as discussed in The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner.ul


n.  a conspiratorial whisper.

<Without a map, you wouldn’t even know where Twig was (pssst... Minnesota).  —Spencer Strauss, The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing.>

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