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eish

/eɪʃ/

eish interjection: phew; whew; expressing resignation.

Interjection

  1. (South Africa) phew; whew; expressing resignation
    • You become very happy and forget that eish, when you get home it is then that you remember that you have HIV, but when you are there you are free.2007, Corinne Squire, HIV in South Africa: Talking About the Big Thing, page 132
    • Eish, I can't believe we're back at this.FCS Integrated English for First Additional Language L3 (page 3)

Origin of eish

From Afrikaans.

Questions about eish

What does eish mean?
Eish means phew; whew; expressing resignation.
What part of speech is eish?
Eish is an interjection.
How do you pronounce eish?
Eish is pronounced /eɪʃ/.

Words near eish in the dictionary

  1. Eisenstein primes
  2. Eisensteinian
  3. Eisert
  4. Eiserts
  5. Eises
  6. eish
  7. Eisinger
  8. Eisingers
  9. Eisler
  10. Eislerian
  11. Eislers

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