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ishes

ishes is the plural of ish.

Meaning of ish

Noun (1)

ish (plural ishes)

  1. The letter which stands for the sh sound /ʃ/ in Pitman shorthand.

Noun (2)

ish (plural ishes)

  1. (dated, slang) An instalment of a periodical; an issue.
    • "A LITTLE UNPLEASANTNESS" DEPT: Fantasy Digest says in it's^([sic]) latest ish: Quote: Some unpleasantness was caused when Don Wollheim and his brother Futurians were not allowed in the Convention Hall. Unquote.1939 August 5, "Bob" Tucker, “Archived copy”, in Le Zombie, number 10, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2013, page 3

Noun (3)

ish (uncountable)

  1. (euphemistic, African-American Vernacular) Shit (in various senses).
    • Anyone, really, but seriously, you'd think that people whose very passion depends on their lungs would want to cut that ish out2010, Jill Murray, Break On Through, page 15

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Questions about ishes

What is ishes the plural of?
Ishes is the plural of ish.

Words near ishes in the dictionary

  1. Ishekiri
  2. Isherwood
  3. Isherwood system
  4. Isherwoodian
  5. Isherwoods
  6. ishes
  7. Ishiba
  8. Ishibashi
  9. Ishibashis
  10. Ishida
  11. Ishidas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ishes (page history and authors); ish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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