bism

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noun

A devilish person.

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Meanings

nounbism (plural bisms)

plural bisms

  1. ScotlandA devilish person.

    Just that you were a 'pair o' wee bisms.'

    2014, Andrew Glascoe, Nobody Knew She Was There, →ISBN, page 25
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    Cheek back (verb): defensive strategy of a bism who has been reprimanded for errant behaviour.

    2011, Prism International, page 39

    That shut the old bism up good and proper.

    2018, Ngaio Marsh, Stella Duffy, Money in the Morgue, →ISBN, page 44

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

bism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bism

MLA

“bism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bism.

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