Shish

//ʃɪʃ// adj, intj, noun, verb

adj, intj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The spine of a shish kebab structure.
Verb
  1. 1
    To be quiet; to keep quiet. intransitive, onomatopoeic

    "He wouldn’t shish, so I kicked him."

Adjective
  1. 1
    On a skewer. not-comparable

    "Ketty wanted one of those healthy kebabs, so we walked down to the kebab shop on Hanmore Park High Street. She ordered shish chicken and salad in a pitta."

Intj
  1. 1
    Used to request quiet; similar to shh. onomatopoeic

Synonyms

All synonyms
shooshshooshshushshush

Example

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"Let's order twenty shish kebabs!"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Phonetic alteration of shush.

Etymology 2

From Turkish şiş (“skewer”).

Related phrases

shish taouk

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