hold your whisht

A request for silence or quiet. Primarily heard in Ireland, Scotland. Hold your whisht, will you? It's too noisy in here! Hold your whisht, kids, so we can all start singing "Happy Birthday" together. Can you two please hold your whisht? Goodness, we're in church!

See also: hold, whisht

See also:

whisht
get hold of
get hold of (one)
get hold of somebody/something
Will you hold(, please)?
hold it
Hold it!
a hold on a strong
Can you hold(, please)?
Could you hold(, please)?

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