shish
/ʃɪʃ/
shish interjection: used to request quiet; similar to shh.
Interjection
shish
- Used to request quiet; similar to shh.
Verb
shish (third-person singular simple present shishes, present participle shishing, simple past and past participle shished)
- To be quiet; to keep quiet.
- He wouldn’t shish, so I kicked him.
- Shish, my parents are back!
Adjective
shish (not comparable)
- On a skewer.
- Ketty wanted one of those healthy kebabs, so we walked down to the kebab shop on Hanmore Park High Street. She ordered shish chicken and salad in a pitta.2013, Sophie McKenzie, The Medusa Project Collection
Noun
shish (plural shishes)
- The spine of a shish kebab structure.
Synonyms of shish
Forms of shish
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | shishes |
| present participle | shishing |
| past participle | shished |
| past | shished |
| Noun | |
| plural | shishes |
Origin of shish
Phonetic alteration of shush.
From Turkish şiş (“skewer”).
Words formed from shish
Phrases with shish
Words that rhyme with shish
Questions about shish
- What does shish mean?
- Shish means used to request quiet; similar to shh.
- What part of speech is shish?
- Shish can be an interjection, a verb, an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce shish?
- Shish is pronounced /ʃɪʃ/.
Words near shish in the dictionary
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