tst

See also: TST, ṯst, and tšt'

English

Interjection

tst

1. Alternative form of tch
   • 1870, Juliana Horatia Ewing, “An Idyll of the Wood”, in The Brownies and Other Tales:

     'What did you give for that?'
     'A shilling, ma'am.'
     'Tst! tst! tst!' said the old lady, disapprovingly.

   • 1927, Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death:

     “How about chloroform burns?” suggested Parker.
     “Tst, tst,” said the doctor, annoyed at not having thought of this himself […]