tsssk.

n.  a disapproving hiss.

<‘Tsssk, tsssk,’ a chilling voice laughed.  —Katrionah Rosalette, Fading Echoes.>

tsssp.

n.  the soft call of the rather silent Little Weaver bird, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Western Africa by Ron Demey.

tsssssshhhhhhhhh.

n.  the hiss of a bus’ doors closing, as in the poem “dead bus” by James Hörner.

tst.

interj.  a command for a horse to move.

<Tst!  Yah!  Get on with you!  —Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities.>

interj.  a warning cry.

<“Tst!  Joe!” cried the coachman in a warning voice, looking down from his box.  —Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities.>

n.  a dismissive utterance.

<”Tst!  That’s just a story, a thousand years old.  Only stupid people still think Changmian is a bad-luck place to live.”  —Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses.>

n.  a hissing sound meaning “be quiet!”

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