bishn.1v.1
/bɪʃ/, U.S. /bɪʃ/ humorous.
= bishop n. 1, bishop v.1 1.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun]
bishopc897
patriarcheOE
bispa1300
ordinarya1325
ordinar?1403
father1418
discretion1421
pontificalc1440
diocesanc1450
rocheter1559
monseigneur1561
pope1563
bite-sheep1570
presul1577
rochet1581
diocesser1606
lawn sleevesc1640
episcopant1641
Right Reverend1681
diocesian1686
lawn-man1795
diocesiarch1805
bish1875
shire-bishop1880
1875 A. Porson Notes Quaint Words Dial. S. Worcs. 20 To be bish'd..confirmed.
1927 P. G. Wodehouse Meet Mr. Mulliner iii. 88 He turned appealingly from one to the other. ‘Vicar! Bish!’
1930 Outlook & Independent 29 Oct. 328/3 Some one..asked in amazement, ‘When does the Bishop bish?’
1958 I. Murdoch Bell 247 I suppose I'd better leave the way clear for the bish's Rolls Royce.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
bishn.2
/bɪʃ/, U.S. /bɪʃ/ slang.
A mistake, blunder.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > serious error, blunder
blunder1706
blunderbuss1726
floor1841
bull1846
howler1872
atrocity1878
break1884
bloomer1889
boner1912
bish1937
black1939
blue1941
cock-up1946
piss-up1950
screw-up1950
blob1952
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 55/2 Bish,..a mistake: Seaford Preparatory School: from ca. 1925.
1955 F. Swinnerton Sumner Intrigue xx. 198 He's always making bishes like this!
1956 B. Goolden At Foot of Hills x. 236 She..suddenly realised she'd made an [sic] complete bish.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
bishv.2
/bɪʃ/, U.S. /bɪʃ/, Australian English /bɪʃ/, New Zealand English /bɪʃ/ Australian and New Zealand slang.
transitive. To throw.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)]
warpc888
torvec1000
castc1230
slingc1290
forthcasta1300
throwc1300
lancec1330
hit1362
pitchc1380
slentc1380
glenta1400
launcha1400
routc1400
waltc1400
flingc1420
jeta1450
vire1487
ajet1490
hurl1563
toss1570
kest1590
picka1600
peck1611
jaculate1623
conject1625
elance1718
squail1876
tipple1887
bish1940
biff1941
slap1957
welly1986
1940 N. Marsh Surfeit of Lampreys (1941) X. § i. 142 They'd just sort of bished them into the cupboard.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. xi. 205 To throw is to bish, biff or peg.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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