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pishing

pishing is the present participle and gerund of pish.

Meaning of pish

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...

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What is pishing the present participle and gerund of?
Pishing is the present participle and gerund of pish.

Words near pishing in the dictionary

  1. pisheogs
  2. pisher
  3. pishers
  4. pishes
  5. Pishgachtigok
  6. pishing
  7. pishkash
  8. pishkashes
  9. pishoge
  10. pishoges
  11. pishogue

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