smish

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noun

A shirt or chemise.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounsmish (plural smishes)

plural smishes

  1. UKobsoleteslangA shirt or chemise.

    He awoke shivering, his heart racing. His smish was soak'd.

    2018, Jordy Rosenberg, Confessions of the Fox
verbsmish (third-person singular simple present smishes, present participle smishing, simple past and past participle smished)

present singular third person smishes · participle present smishing · participle past smished · past smished

  1. slangto squash, to squish

    'NOBODY MOVE' CRIED MARK TWAIN. 'I WILL SMISH the varmint. He grabbed an iron plate from the stove.

    2014, Caroline Lawrence, The Case of the Bogus Detective: Book 4

Origin

From earlier slang commission, from chemise or related.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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