pish

1. Expressing disdain.

   Synonyms: pht, feh, meh, pooh, pshaw, bah, poh

plural pishes

1. countableuncountableA sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh") made by birders and ornithologists to attract small birds.
2. countableuncountableAny sibilant sound; a fizz.

   The "pish" of the fuse rattled him, and he throw the lighted plug of explosive into the bottom of the boat, and the match into the water.

   1920 June 12, Smith's Weekly, Sydney, page 8, column 3

3. uncountableSynonym of pish posh (“nonsense, poppycock”).

   Synonyms: pish posh

present singular third person pishes · participle present pishing · participle past pished · past pished

1. To try to attract birds by making a sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh").
2. To express contempt.

   Piſh for thee, Iſland dogge: thou prickeard cur of Iſland.

   1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 73, column 1

comparative more pish · superlative most pish

1. ScotlandcolloquialvulgarOf poor quality; very bad.

   Bein a lesbo is pish. A tell a girl shes bangin nd ye get "comin from u👸🏼" lit nah am no sayin tht tae be yer pal am sayin it tae shag ye x

   2017 October 17, @_megcorrigan, Twitter