Scottish slang for 'shush' or 'quiet' and sometimes 'shut up'. Usually used after 'haud yer'. Favoured mostly by scottish school teachers as a slightly more polite way of saying "shut up you non-educated deliquents!" (see: ned).
Occassionally can be alternatively spelt as 'wheesht'.
Occassionally can be alternatively spelt as 'wheesht'.
by Mcmacmucsons January 02, 2008