bish

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/bɪʃ/

Definition of bish

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (slang)A minced oath (as a term of abuse).
    “Kate McKinnon, playing Hillary Rodham Clinton, on a series of cue cards: I know you're an elector / And on December 19ᵗʰ... / You're supposed to vote for Donald Trump / But bish... / ...He crayhttps://www.sbs.com.au/news/but-bish-he-cray-snl-spoofs-love-actually-ahead-of-electoral-college-vote-to-confirm-president-trump”
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noun

  1. (slang)A minced oath (as a term of abuse).
    “Kate McKinnon, playing Hillary Rodham Clinton, on a series of cue cards: I know you're an elector / And on December 19ᵗʰ... / You're supposed to vote for Donald Trump / But bish... / ...He crayhttps://www.sbs.com.au/news/but-bish-he-cray-snl-spoofs-love-actually-ahead-of-electoral-college-vote-to-confirm-president-trump”
  2. (British, dated, slang)A mistake.
    “What on earth was the matter with him? He never made bishes like this during PT!”
    “"You — you don't mean you've made a bish of it?" [said Darbishire]”
  3. (British, slang)A bishop.
    “'It's all right, bish,' said Augustine. 'All—all right?' faltered the bishop.”
    “BALDRICK: My Lord, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. BISHOP: (enters) The time has come, Blackadder!”
    “'The Bishop of Bangor called.' My father and the bish were pals. 'He has received a strange request from the security service.'”
  4. (uncountable)Synonym of bikh.

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Phonetic modification of bitch, based on black American speech.

Anagrams of bish

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