ish

1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of is.

1. colloquialnot comparablesomewhat, reasonably, fairly

   "Was the film any good?" – "Ish."

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   The exam went well... mostly... ish.

   This is where I started. Does Hermione like Dark Souls? Ish.

   26 May 2012, Jason VandenBerghe, “The Five Domains of Play”, Gotland Game Conference, Uppsala University

   Synonyms: fairly, rather, somewhat

2. colloquialnot comparableabout, approximately

   'With luck, about twelve.' 'Ah,' said Bernard. 'Twelve-thirty. Ish.'

   1974, Kingsley Amis, Ending up, page 11

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   How old are you? Fifty-ish?" / "Ish." / The color flared in her cheeks but she didn't look as though she were going to shoot me.

   2007, Marne Davis Kellogg, Friends in High Places, page 283

   (episode 38 of Manifest) Eagen: "Don't blame Little House on the Prairie. I was very charming." Angelina: "Did you lie about being an orphan too?"

   2021 May, “Bogey”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

   Synonyms: about, almost, around, close to, loosely, near, nearly, roughly

plural ishes

1. The letter which stands for the sh sound /ʃ/ in Pitman shorthand.

plural ishes

1. datedslanglifestyleAn instalment of a periodical; an issue.

   My sincerest apologies to Brother Ron Smith in the December ish.

   1967 June, Drake Maynard, If, volume 17, number 6, page 160

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   "A LITTLE UNPLEASANTNESS" DEPT: Fantasy Digest says in it's^([sic]) latest ish: Quote: Some unpleasantness was caused when Don Wollheim and his brother Futurians were not allowed in the Convention Hall. Unquote.

   1939 August 5, "Bob" Tucker, “Archived copy”, in Le Zombie, number 10, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2013, page 3

   Next ish: a guide to who is who of the Howard heroes in the centerspread.

   1961 July, George H. Scithers, Amra, volume 2, number 16, page 2

1. CanadaUSinformalregionalick, yuck

1. euphemisticuncountableAfrican-American VernacularShit (in various senses).

   Now, it's time to get your ish together.

   2013, Ivy McQuain, Get Your Head Out of the Clouds, This Is Business, page 25

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   Anyone, really, but seriously, you'd think that people whose very passion depends on their lungs would want to cut that ish out

   2010, Jill Murray, Break On Through, page 15

   I owe you a lot Dipal, so put that ish away.

   2012, Dipal Parikh, Walking with Krishna: Based on True Life Events, page 154

   I passed on that craziness. I wasn't messing with that ish.

   2015, Ni-Ni Simone, Amir Abrams, Lights, Love & Lip Gloss, page 51

1. A diminutive of the male given name Ishmael.
2. A diminutive of the female given name Ishani.

1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of in situ hybridization.