pish

[ psh; spelling pronunciation pish ]

/ pʃ; spelling pronunciation pɪʃ /

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interjection

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

noun

an exclamation of “pish!”

verb (used without object)

to say “pish.”

verb (used with object)

to say “pish” at or to.

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Origin of pish

First recorded in 1585–95; imitative

Words nearby pish

Piscis Austrinus, piscivorous, pisco, pisé, Pisgah, pish, pishogue, Pishpek, Pisidia, Pisidian, pisiform

How to use pish in a sentence

Pish: no more, Thy gall sures ouer throwne; these are my Councell,And we were now in serious discourse.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
Exemplify the sibilant impurity with such syllables as pish, false, traitress, miscreant.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886|Ministry of Education
Apician, a-pish′yan, adj. relating to Apicius, the Roman epicurean in the time of Tiberius: luxurious and expensive in diet.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
Oftentimes we laughed at our own blunders, as when I told Mary, one day, that pish was the Dakota for fish.
Mary and I|Stephen Return Riggs

All the light I am able to give the reader at present is this, that the moment my father cried Pish!
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman|Laurence Sterne

British Dictionary definitions for pish

pish

/ (pʃ, pɪʃ) /

interjection

an exclamation of impatience or contempt

verb

to make this exclamation at (someone or something)

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