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- other
- /ɪʃ/
- Informal
- We should arrive at the party around six o'clock ish if traffic is light.
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Watch on YouTubeI know it sounds more like fantasy ish but it's just.
- I know it sounds more like fantasy ish but it's just.
- Think like Hunger Games a little bit, ish, a little little bit.
- We're, you know, two weeks away ish from a full year.
- Yes, I'm going to do a Halo ish eye, keep it quite soft.
- Less than a year and a half ish later, those are the days.
- So that may sound Pollyanna ish, but I would bet on us.
- I am halfway ish, a little past a halfway point.
- I got out of a long term, long ish term relationship few months ago.
- Is that that's that's right ish ish close enough.
Examples
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The movie was about two hours long ish, so we can grab dinner afterward.
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His explanation was a bit technical ish, but I understood the main points.
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You spent five weeks ish in the forest alone.
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We're, you know, two weeks away ish from a full year.
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B section seems kind of E minor ish at first, right?
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I love kind of sweet sort of candy ish sense on stuff.
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So I threw a bunch of sale ish items in my basket.
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Like I'm doing a spoken word gala ish event this weekend.
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So that may sound Pollyanna ish, but I would bet on us.
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Yes, I'm going to do a Halo ish eye, keep it quite soft.
Surface Forms
Etymology
-Ish is also used in a casual way to mean 'approximately' or 'about'. This use grew from the same idea of 'somewhat like', so saying 'seven-ish' is a quick way to say 'around seven'.