pish

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪʃ/

Interjection

pish

  1. Expressing disdain.

Synonyms

Noun

pish (plural pishes)

  1. A sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh") made by birders and ornithologists to attract small birds.

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.
    1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene 1], page 73, column 1:
    Piſh for thee, Iſland dogge: thou prickeard cur of Iſland.

Adjective

pish (comparative more pish, superlative most pish)

  1. (vulgar, colloquial, chiefly Scotland) Of poor quality; very bad.

Usage notes

  • Most commonly found in the gerund or present participle pishing.

References

Anagrams


Chinook Jargon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English fish, or possibly French pêche.

Noun

pish

  1. fish

Etymology 2

From Chinook opitshka.

Noun

pish

  1. fire
Synonyms

Mohegan-Pequot

Alternative forms

  • beesh (obsolete orthography)

Etymology

From English peas.

Noun

pish

  1. peas

References

  • A Vocabulary of Mohegan-Pequot (John D. Prince, Frank G. Speck)

Scots

Etymology

From late Middle English pyshe, variant of pisse.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pĭsh, IPA(key): /pɪʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃ

Noun

pish (uncountable)

  1. (vulgar) Urine, piss.
  2. (vulgar) Crust on a scabbing wound.

Verb

pish (third-person singular present pishes, present participle pishin, past pished, past participle pished)

  1. To urinate, to piss.

Derived terms

  • reekin o pish

Adjective

pish (comparative mair pish, superlative maist pish)

  1. (vulgar) Not very good, in fact quite bad.

Interjection

pish

  1. An expression of disdain.

References


Western Apache

Etymology

From English fish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʰɪ̀ʃ]

Noun

pish

  1. fish
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