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QUIZ YOURSELF ON AFFECT VS. EFFECT!
In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”
Question 1 of 7
The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Origin of pish
First recorded in 1585–95; imitative
Words nearby pish
Piscis Austrinus, piscivorous, pisco, pisé, Pisgah, pish, pishogue, Pishpek, Pisidia, Pisidian, pisiform
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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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