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adverb ɪʃiSH informal To some extent. 〈非正式〉到某种程度;有一点儿 “你忙吗?”“有点儿。” Example sentencesExamples - Go buy for the small (ish) person in your life!
- Glad he's getting paid the big (ish) bucks to represent the people.
- I am still waiting for you to hook me up with a 40 ish or 50 ish woman!
- Another 200 ish word writing from the pen (well typewriter) of yours truly.
- I can only assume that it means you get little control over which of its 250 ish songs you want to listen to.
- Just pictured them as 17 - ish.
- Now, he has a Jewish (ish) name.
- I woke up, convinced it was Saturday, and got up about fifteen minutes later, at 9: 15 ish.
- But now I'm older and popularity is less of an issue and I've developed a unique (ish) identity to go with my humdrum name.
- Her advice was simple: go west, young (ish) man.
- On average, you should spot each numberplate number approximately once in every thousand (ish) plates.
- This is a 100 (ish) mile cycle ride, with 500 riders, incorporating 8 nasty climbs.
- Still a shame they close at midnight since we usually reach the party peak at 11 pm ish.
- The album kicks off with "This," a gorgeous, rhythmic tune with Bowie-style vocals and ringing U2 - ish guitar.
- We were a motley collection of mostly 30 - ish women, most of us quietly, happily married (well, except for me).
- Started midday, finished midnight (ish).
- This time next week she'll be back home for good ish!
- Most are in the 20 - ish week of pregnancy.
- We left around 11 ish which seemed to be the time that many were leaving.
- Some of the guys would be in the 8-9 minute/mile range, and I would be running 7:40 ish / mile.
noun ɪʃiSH informal An issue of magazine, journal, etc. the super duo appears in the latest ish Example sentencesExamples - Don't dare miss next ish!
- Who could resist this teaser for the next ish?
- I guess I'll flip through next month's ish, but I probably won't be buying.
- My brother got a copy of the latest ish this afternoon.
- A caption reminds us of the weighty importance of Peter's dangling question from the previous ish.
- See next week's ish for details.
Origin1940s: informal abbreviation of issue. noun ɪʃiSH mass nounUS informal Used as a euphemism for ‘shit’ that ish was hard for me to watch Example sentencesExamples - The snapshot shows them on some Bonnie and Clyde ish, with the pair wearing black face masks while joined by another couple.
- Didn't he like invent that ish?
- The Jonas Brothers were the ish back in the late 2000s.
- You gotta peep the vids, funny as ish.
- You don't know ish about cars.
Origin1990s: alteration of shit. adverbiSH informal To some extent. 〈非正式〉到某种程度;有一点儿 “你忙吗?”“有点儿。” Example sentencesExamples - I am still waiting for you to hook me up with a 40 ish or 50 ish woman!
- Now, he has a Jewish (ish) name.
- This is a 100 (ish) mile cycle ride, with 500 riders, incorporating 8 nasty climbs.
- Go buy for the small (ish) person in your life!
- We were a motley collection of mostly 30 - ish women, most of us quietly, happily married (well, except for me).
- We left around 11 ish which seemed to be the time that many were leaving.
- Some of the guys would be in the 8-9 minute/mile range, and I would be running 7:40 ish / mile.
- I can only assume that it means you get little control over which of its 250 ish songs you want to listen to.
- Glad he's getting paid the big (ish) bucks to represent the people.
- Another 200 ish word writing from the pen (well typewriter) of yours truly.
- Still a shame they close at midnight since we usually reach the party peak at 11 pm ish.
- But now I'm older and popularity is less of an issue and I've developed a unique (ish) identity to go with my humdrum name.
- Her advice was simple: go west, young (ish) man.
- On average, you should spot each numberplate number approximately once in every thousand (ish) plates.
- Started midday, finished midnight (ish).
- Most are in the 20 - ish week of pregnancy.
- The album kicks off with "This," a gorgeous, rhythmic tune with Bowie-style vocals and ringing U2 - ish guitar.
- This time next week she'll be back home for good ish!
- I woke up, convinced it was Saturday, and got up about fifteen minutes later, at 9: 15 ish.
- Just pictured them as 17 - ish.
nouniSH informal An issue of magazine, journal, etc. the super duo appears in the latest ish Example sentencesExamples - My brother got a copy of the latest ish this afternoon.
- Who could resist this teaser for the next ish?
- Don't dare miss next ish!
- A caption reminds us of the weighty importance of Peter's dangling question from the previous ish.
- See next week's ish for details.
- I guess I'll flip through next month's ish, but I probably won't be buying.
Origin1940s: informal abbreviation of issue. nouniSH US informal Used as a euphemism for “shit” that ish was hard for me to watch Example sentencesExamples - Didn't he like invent that ish?
- You gotta peep the vids, funny as ish.
- You don't know ish about cars.
- The snapshot shows them on some Bonnie and Clyde ish, with the pair wearing black face masks while joined by another couple.
- The Jonas Brothers were the ish back in the late 2000s.
Origin1990s: alteration of shit. |