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pish

/pɪʃ/

pish interjection: expressing disdain.

Interjection

  1. Expressing disdain.
    Synonyms:
    pht, feh, meh, pooh, pshaw, bah, poh

Noun

pish (countable and uncountable, plural pishes)

  1. A sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh") made by birders and ornithologists to attract small birds.
  2. (uncountable) Synonym of pish posh (“nonsense, poppycock”).
    Synonyms:
    pish posh

Verb

pish (third-person singular simple present pishes, present participle pishing, simple past and past participle pished)

  1. To try to attract birds by making a sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh").
  2. To express contempt.
    • Piſh for thee, Iſland dogge: thou prickeard cur of Iſland.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Adjective

pish (comparative more pish, superlative most pish)

  1. (Scotland, colloquial, vulgar) Of poor quality; very bad.
    • Bein a lesbo is pish. A tell a girl shes bangin nd ye get "comin from u👸🏼" lit nah am no sayin tht tae be yer pal am sayin it tae shag ye x2017 October 17, @_megcorrigan, Twitter

Synonyms of pish

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Forms of pish

Noun
pluralpishes
Verb
third-person singular presentpishes
present participlepishing
past participlepished
pastpished
Adjective
comparativemore pish
superlativemost pish

Origin of pish

Expressive; perhaps partly from Scots pish (“piss”).

Words formed from pish

Phrases with pish

Words that rhyme with pish

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Questions about pish

What does pish mean?
Pish means expressing disdain.
What part of speech is pish?
Pish can be an interjection, a noun, a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce pish?
Pish is pronounced /pɪʃ/.

Words near pish in the dictionary

  1. piscy
  2. piseog
  3. piseogs
  4. Pisgah
  5. Pisgahs
  6. pish
  7. pish and posh
  8. pish and tosh
  9. pish pash
  10. pish posh
  11. pish tosh

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