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tish

tish noun: a festive meal for a religious event, especially Shabbat.

Noun (1)

tish (plural tishes)

  1. (Judaism) A festive meal for a religious event, especially Shabbat.
    • YPC's most popular activity has been the monthly Shabbat tish, which turns a Friday evening dinner into a Shabbat experience.1974, Conservative Judaism, volume 28, numbers 3-29, page 78

Noun (2)

tish (uncountable)

  1. (back slang) shit
    • A huge supply of tish comes from my chocolate starfish.2001, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Rare

Proper noun capitalized: Tish

Tish

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Letitia.

Forms of tish

pluraltishes

Origin of tish

Borrowed from Yiddish טיש (tish, “table”). Doublet of desk, dais, disc, dish, and discus.

Backslang for shit

Words that rhyme with tish

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Questions about tish

What does tish mean?
Tish means a festive meal for a religious event, especially Shabbat.
What part of speech is tish?
Tish can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of tish?
The plural of tish is tishes.

Words near tish in the dictionary

  1. Tisdell
  2. Tisdells
  3. Tisdels
  4. TISE
  5. tisese
  6. tish
  7. Tisha
  8. Tisha B'Ab
  9. Tisha B'Av
  10. Tishbite
  11. Tishbites

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