shish

Phonetic alteration of shush.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃ

shish

1. (onomatopoeia) Used to request quiet; similar to shh.

   Synonyms: shush, shoosh

shish (third-person singular simple present shishes, present participle shishing, simple past and past participle shished)

1. (onomatopoeia, intransitive) To be quiet; to keep quiet.

   Synonyms: shush, shoosh

   He wouldn’t shish, so I kicked him.

   Shish, my parents are back!

   • 2025, @tjbelltits, SHISH IT‎^[1]:

     Shish it!

• shh

From Turkish şiş (“skewer”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃ

shish (not comparable)

1. (cooking) On a skewer.
   • 2013, Sophie McKenzie, The Medusa Project Collection:

     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.

shish (plural shishes)

1. (chemistry) The spine of a shish kebab structure.

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• Shihs

shish

1. alternative spelling of ṣiṣ