Definitions for pish
pʃ; spelling pron. pɪʃpish

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pishnoun

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

2. pishverb

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

3. pishinterjection

   An expression of disdain.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pishinterj.

   A contemptuous exclamation. This is sometimes spoken and written pshaw. I know not their etymology, and imagine them formed by chance.

   There was never yet philosopher
   That could endure the toothach patiently;
   However they have writ,
   And made a pish at chance or sufferance. William Shakespeare.

   She frowned and cried pish, when I said a thing that I stole. Spectator, №. 268.

2. To Pishverb

   To express contempt.

   Etymology: from the interjection.

   He turn’d over your , shook his head, and pish’d at every line of it. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pish

   A pish is an imitated bird call (usually a scold or alarm call) used by birders and ornithologists to attract birds (generally passerines). The action of making the sound is known as pishing or spishing. This technique is used by scientists to increase the effectiveness of bird diversity surveys, and by birders to attract species that they might not otherwise see. Pishing is used most effectively in the Holarctic, where it is thought to work due to its similarity to the scold calls of tits and chickadees (birds in the family Paridae). These scold calls, a form of mobbing behaviour, attract other birds which come in to establish the nature of the potential threat. Acoustical analysis of pishing calls and the mobbing calls of tits shows that they share a frequency metric not used by other birds. Not surprisingly, pishing has little effect on birds in those parts of the world without tits or chickadees.Another study noted that only passerine are attracted by pishing. Apart from the mobbing call hypothesis, it has also been suggested that pishing may be treated as an invitation to join a "mixed-species foraging flock" and birds do not themselves vocalize or show aggressive behaviour. The same study noted that pishing did not work in the old-world tropics and suggested that it may be due to the lower densities of migrants.Pishing has also been found to work effectively in Southern Africa (imitating a call of the rattling cisticola). It also works effectively in Australia where, despite the absence of any members of the Paridae, a number of passerine species can be attracted. Some birders in Australia use a variant of pishing called "squeaking" (making a kissing sound through pursed lips or against the back of one's hand) to which white-eared honeyeaters, several species of whistlers and grey fantails show an initial response and in turn attract other species. Because pishing or squeaking disrupts the natural behaviour of a bird, birding organisations consider it unethical to make excessive use of this method of attracting birds. Such organisations recommend that, once the bird has been viewed, the birder cease pishing and allow the bird to return to its natural behaviour.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pish

   an exclamation of contempt

2. Pishverb

   to express contempt

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pish

   A pish is an imitated bird call used by birders and ornithologists to attract birds. The action of making the sound is known as pishing. This technique is used by scientists to increase the effectiveness of bird diversity surveys, and by birders to attract species that they might not otherwise see. Pishing is used most effectively in the Holarctic, where it is thought to work due to its similarity to the scold calls of tits and chickadees. These scold calls, a form of mobbing behaviour, attract other birds which come in to establish the nature of the potential threat. Acoustical analysis of pishing calls and the mobbing calls of tits shows that they share a frequency metric not used by other birds. Not surprisingly, pishing has little effect on birds in those parts of the world without tits or chickadees. Another study noted that only passerine are attracted by pishing. Apart from the mobbing call hypothesis, it has also been suggested that pishing may be treated as an invitation to join a "mixed-species foraging flock" and birds do not themselves vocalize or show aggressive behaviour. The same study noted that pishing did not work in the old-world tropics and suggested that it may be due to the lower densities of migrants.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pish

   pish, interj. expressing contempt. [Imit.]

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1. PISH

   What does PISH stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the PISH acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PISH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pish is ranked #102197 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pish surname appeared 176 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pish.
   
   98.8% or 174 total occurrences were White.

Anagrams for pish »

1. hips

2. HIPs

3. phis

4. ship

How to pronounce pish?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say pish in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pish in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pish
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pish
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pish
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pish
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=pish
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pish
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html