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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?
To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.
To stew in a sauce for a long time.
To cook in water, just below boiling temperature.
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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
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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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