interjection
- An exclamation expressing contempt, disbelief, or dismissal.
Usage: informal; often used to show annoyance or skepticism
verb
- To express contempt or disbelief by saying 'pish'; to dismiss something as unimportant.
Usage: informal; transitive or intransitive
Examples
- Pish! That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
- She pished at his excuses and walked away.
- He made a pish sound to show his disapproval.
- Pish, I don't believe that for a second.
- The critic pished the new film as a waste of time.
- When he suggested the plan was impossible, she simply pished and continued working.