Associations to the word «Hist»

Wiktionary

HIST, abbreviation. History (in journal titles such as "J Hist Neurosci" - "Journal of the History of Neuroscience")
HIST, interjection. (dated) An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.
HIST, interjection. (dated) An injunction to be silent and/or to pay attention to what is being said or can be heard.
HIST, noun. (dated) An instance of an exclamation attracting attention or injunction to be silent.
HIST, abbreviation. History.
HIST, verb. (US) Eye dialect spelling of hoist.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.