Definitions

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  • verb Eye dialect spelling of is.
  • noun The name of the letter which stands for the sh sound IPA: /ʃ/ in Pitman shorthand.
  • adverb colloquial somewhat, reasonably, fairly
  • adverb colloquial about, approximately

Etymologies

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From is

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From the suffix -ish.

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  • www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ish - recent meanings have cropped up

    October 13, 2014

  • Research into the ish shows that 'ish' is plus or minus 15 minutes.

    http://globalnews.ca/news/1773916/watch-what-is-ish/

    January 15, 2015

  • Spotted "all that ish"

    July 21, 2017