pish
Pronunciation Interjection
  1. Expressing disdain.
Synonyms Noun

pish (plural pishes)

  1. A sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh") made by birders and ornithologists to attract small birds.
Verb

pish (pishes, present participle pishing; past and past participle pished)

  1. To try to attract birds by making a sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh").
  2. To express contempt.
    1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene 1], page 73 ↗, column 1:
    Piſh for thee, Iſland dogge: thou prickeard cur of Iſland.
Adjective

pish

  1. (vulgar, colloquial, chiefly, Scotland) Of poor quality; very bad.



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