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語源

Expressive; perhaps partly from Scots pish (“piss”).

発音

• IPA: /pɪʃ/
• 韻: -ɪʃ

間投詞

pish

1. Expressing disdain.

同意語

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

派生語

名詞

pish (plural pishes)

1. A sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh") made by birders and ornithologists to attract small birds.
2. Synonym of pish posh (“nonsense, poppycock”).

動詞

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.
   • 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:

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

使用する際の注意点

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

形容詞

pish (comparative more pish, superlative most pish)

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

参照

• “pish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• 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

参考

• pish pash (etymlogically unrelated)

アナグラム

• -ship, HIPs, hiPS, hips, phis, ship