nish
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of nish
3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
pron
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(UK, slang)nothing.
“If you like the director you do it for nish, so Marcus Thompson got us all to do it for nothing.”
“I've got nish to say to you. You can save your breath.”
“These fucking little smart arses download fucking tunes for nish.”
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pron
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(UK, slang)nothing.
“If you like the director you do it for nish, so Marcus Thompson got us all to do it for nothing.”
“I've got nish to say to you. You can save your breath.”
“These fucking little smart arses download fucking tunes for nish.”
noun
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable)Clipping of Anishinaabe/Nishnaabe.
name
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(alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Niš, Serbia.
“From Belgrade the train is hauled by a 2-10-0, and makes good time through undulating country, with vineyards and herds of woolly pigs, over single line to Nish, where the Sofia and Istanbul portion, including through coaches (until recently) from Prague to Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is detached.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From German nichts (“nothing”) or possibly Yiddish נישט (nisht, “no, not”). Originally borrowed from Polari.
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