pish

American  

[psh, pish] / pʃ, pɪʃ /

interjection

1. (used as an exclamation of mild contempt or impatience.)

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noun

1. an exclamation of “pish!”

verb (used without object)

1. to say “pish.”

verb (used with object)

1. to say “pish” at or to.

pish British  

/ pɪʃ, pʃ /

interjection

1. an exclamation of impatience or contempt

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verb

1. to make this exclamation at (someone or something)

Etymology

Origin of pish

First recorded in 1585–95; imitative

Example Sentences

But to those people I say: pish posh.

From Washington Post • May 4, 2022

May I add my congratulations for effortlessly inserting the word "pish" into Friday's Fiver.

From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2013

Otherwise, to coin another bit of regionally stereotypical vernacular: absolute pish.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2011

The picture, which is a 126-minute apostrophe to Beau Geste Britons and a Beau Geste Britain, may be most kindly described as somewhat pish and more than a little posh.

From Time Magazine Archive

To which my answer is, Oh pish, sir, ’tis a tale of poison, escape, and desperate flight; surely of no interest to thee.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson