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.

pish

/ pʃ; pɪʃ /

interjection

1. an exclamation of impatience or contempt

verb

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pish¹

First recorded in 1585–95; imitative

Example Sentences

Pish: no more, Thy gall sures ouer throwne; these are my Councell,And we were now in serious discourse.

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Exemplify the sibilant impurity with such syllables as pish, false, traitress, miscreant.

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Apician, a-pish′yan, adj. relating to Apicius, the Roman epicurean in the time of Tiberius: luxurious and expensive in diet.

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Oftentimes we laughed at our own blunders, as when I told Mary, one day, that pish was the Dakota for fish.

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All the light I am able to give the reader at present is this, that the moment my father cried Pish!

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