pish

[ psh; spelling pronunciation pish ]

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

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.

Origin of pish

1
First recorded in 1585–95; imitative

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How to use pish in a sentence

  • Beatrix pished and psha'd over the paper; Colonel Esmond watching with no little interest her countenance as she read it.

  • Sir Chichester was shaken, but he pushed his blotting-paper here and his pen there, and pished and tushed like a refractory child.

    The Summons | A.E.W. Mason
  • And my father pished a little, and rubbed off the dew that bad gathered on his spectacles.

    The Caxtons, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He pished at samplers, and delighted to interrupt the working-lesson.

    Mrs. Severn, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Mary Elizabeth Carter
  • But at this Dr. Ross pished impatiently, and it was then that Audrey hazarded her brilliant suggestion about the east wind.

    Lover or Friend | Rosa Nouchette Carey

British Dictionary definitions for pish

pish

/ (, pɪʃ) /


interjection
  1. an exclamation of impatience or contempt

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

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