pish

== English == === Etymology === Expressive; perhaps partly from Scots pish (“piss”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɪʃ/ Rhymes: -ɪʃ === Interjection === pish Expressing disdain. ==== Synonyms ==== pht, feh, meh, pooh, pshaw, bah, poh; see also Thesaurus:bah ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === pish (plural pishes) A sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh") made by birders and ornithologists to attract small birds. Synonym of pish posh (“nonsense, poppycock”). === Verb === pish (third-person singular simple present pishes, present participle pishing, simple past and past participle pished) To try to attract birds by making a sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh"). To express contempt. ==== Usage notes ==== Most commonly found in the gerund or present participle pishing. === Adjective === pish (comparative more pish, superlative most pish) (vulgar, colloquial, chiefly Scotland) Of poor quality; very bad. ==== References ==== “pish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Dunne, Peter (2006). The Art of Pishing: How to Attract Birds by Mimicking Their Calls. →ISBN. Langham, G. M.; Contreras, T. A. & Sieving, K. E. (2006). Why pishing works: Titmouse (Paridae) scolds elicit a generalized response in bird communities. Ecoscience 13 (4): 485–496. doi:10.2980/1195-6860(2006)13[485:WPWTPS]2.0.CO;2 === See also === pish pash (etymlogically unrelated) === Anagrams === -ship, HIPs, hiPS, hips, phis, ship == Chinese == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism; deliberate misspelling of push, from English push. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʰiʃ⁵⁵/ === Verb === pish (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, leetspeak) to bump a thread in support ==== Synonyms ==== 推 (teoi1), push ==== Antonyms ==== pull, 拉 ==== See also ==== English: age == Chinook Jargon == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English fish, or possibly French pêche. ==== Noun ==== pish fish === Etymology 2 === From Chinook opitshka. ==== Noun ==== pish fire ===== Synonyms ===== piah == Mohegan-Pequot == === Alternative forms === beesh (obsolete orthography) === Etymology === From English peas. === Noun === pish peas === References === A Vocabulary of Mohegan-Pequot (John D. Prince, Frank G. Speck) == Scots == === Etymology === From late Middle English pyshe, variant of pisse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɪʃ/ Rhymes: -ɪʃ === Noun === pish (uncountable) (vulgar) Urine, piss. (vulgar) Crust on a scabbing wound. === Verb === pish (third-person singular simple present pishes, present participle pishin, simple past and past participle pished) To urinate, to piss. ==== Derived terms ==== reekin o pish === Adjective === pish (comparative mair pish, superlative maist pish) (vulgar) Not very good, in fact quite bad. === Interjection === pish An expression of disdain. ==== References ==== “pish”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Western Apache == === Etymology === From English fish. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [pʰɪ̀ʃ] === Noun === pish fish