Definitions for whish

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Spelling: [hwish, wish]
IPA: /ʰwɪʃ, wɪʃ/

Whish is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in whish (hhisw).

Definitions for whish

noun

  1. a whishing sound.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make, or move with, a whiz or swish.

Origin of whish

First recorded in 1510-20; imitative

Examples for whish

If we did, 'whish, whish,' and our heads would be off before we could turn!

I would not whish that any one by myself should proved for her and dower her!

Further off they are lost in the great "whish" that fills the air.

whish—whish; alas for the horse which cannot wind and turn like a hare!

It was the fish, and almost at the same instant was heard the “whish!”

Then—whish, roar, eclipse, darkness and sulphureted hydrogen!

whish—whish; we are enveloped in what seems an atmosphere of scrubbing-brushes.

And on reaching the pond, they opened the sluice, and whish!

Your skates are steel, and your legs feel the same as stroke, whish!

At that moment from out of the fog there was a sudden jolt and the whish of a whip.

Word Value for whish
Scrable

14

Words with friends

12

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