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English

Etymology

Back-formation from phishing.

Verb

phish (third-person singular simple present phishes, present participle phishing, simple past and past participle phished)

1. To engage in phishing.

Translations

Related terms

• spearphish
• phisher

Noun

phish (plural phishes)

1. A phishing attack.

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??/

Interjection

pish

1. Expressing disdain.

Synonyms

• pht, feh, meh, pooh, pshaw, bah, poh; see also Thesaurus:bah

Noun

pish (plural pishes)

1. A sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh") made by birders and ornithologists to attract small birds.

Verb

pish (third-person singular simple present pishes, present participle pishing, simple past and past participle pished)

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

Adjective

pish (comparative more pish, superlative most pish)

1. (vulgar, colloquial, chiefly Scotland) Of poor quality; very bad.

Usage notes

• Most commonly found in the gerund or present participle pishing.

References

• pish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• 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

Anagrams

• -ship, HIPs, hiPS, hips, phis, ship

Chinook Jargon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English fish, or possibly French pêche.

Noun

pish

1. fish

Etymology 2

From Chinook opitshka.

Noun

pish

1. fire

Synonyms

• piah

Mohegan-Pequot

Alternative forms

• beesh (obsolete orthography)

Etymology

From English peas.

Noun

pish

1. peas

References

• A Vocabulary of Mohegan-Pequot (John D. Prince, Frank G. Speck)

Scots

Etymology

From late Middle English pyshe, variant of pisse.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?sh, IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

pish (uncountable)

1. (vulgar) Urine, piss.
2. (vulgar) Crust on a scabbing wound.

Verb

pish (third-person singular present pishes, present participle pishin, past pished, past participle pished)

1. To urinate, to piss.

Derived terms

• reekin o pish

Adjective

pish (comparative mair pish, superlative maist pish)

1. (vulgar) Not very good, in fact quite bad.

Interjection

pish

1. An expression of disdain.

References

• “pish” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Western Apache

Etymology

From English fish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p????]

Noun

pish

1. fish