"pish" meaning in Scots

See pish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pɪʃ/ Forms: mair pish [comparative], maist pish [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪʃ Etymology: From late Middle English pyshe, variant of pisse. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|pyshe}} Middle English pyshe Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|comparative|mair pish|||||superlative|maist pish||||}} pish (comparative mair pish, superlative maist pish), {{sco-adj}} pish (comparative mair pish, superlative maist pish)
  1. (vulgar) Not very good, in fact quite bad. Tags: vulgar
    Sense id: en-pish-sco-adj-OrRAzPBA Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 0 1 16 11 6 22 6 1 23 3 4 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 16 11 5 24 6 0 26 2 2 6 1 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 56 19 8 14 3

Interjection

IPA: /pɪʃ/
Rhymes: -ɪʃ Etymology: From late Middle English pyshe, variant of pisse. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|pyshe}} Middle English pyshe Head templates: {{head|sco|intj}} pish
  1. An expression of disdain.
    Sense id: en-pish-sco-intj-FB69Vqy7

Noun

IPA: /pɪʃ/
Rhymes: -ɪʃ Etymology: From late Middle English pyshe, variant of pisse. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|pyshe}} Middle English pyshe Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|uncountable|cat2=uncountable nouns|head=}} pish (uncountable), {{sco-noun|-}} pish (uncountable)
  1. (vulgar) Urine, piss. Tags: uncountable, vulgar
    Sense id: en-pish-sco-noun-eenTXNnw
  2. (vulgar) Crust on a scabbing wound. Tags: uncountable, vulgar
    Sense id: en-pish-sco-noun-8L~6YR38

Verb

IPA: /pɪʃ/ Forms: pishes [present, singular, third-person], pishin [participle, present], pished [past], pished [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɪʃ Etymology: From late Middle English pyshe, variant of pisse. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|pyshe}} Middle English pyshe Head templates: {{sco-verb/getPres3rdSg|pishes|pishin|pished|pished}} pishes, {{sco-verb/getPresP|pishes|pishin|pished|pished}} pishin, {{sco-verb/getPast|pishes|pishin|pished|pished}} pished, {{sco-verb/getPastP|pishes|pishin|pished|pished}} pished, {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|pishes|present participle|pishin|simple past|pished|past participle|pished|head=}} pish (third-person singular simple present pishes, present participle pishin, simple past pished, past participle pished), {{sco-verb|pishes|pishin|pished|pished}} pish (third-person singular simple present pishes, present participle pishin, simple past pished, past participle pished)
  1. To urinate, to piss. Derived forms: reekin o pish
    Sense id: en-pish-sco-verb-O9WVSCAL

Inflected forms

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