different between bikh vs bish

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Etymology

Hindi ??? (bikh, “poison”), from Sanskrit ??? (vi?a, “poison”).

Noun

bikh (uncountable)

1. A virulent poison extracted from Aconitum ferox or other species of aconite.
2. The plant itself.

Synonyms

• bish, nabee

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: b?sh, IPA^(key): /b??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

bish (plural bishes)

1. (slang) A minced oath, a euphemism by phonetic modification of "bitch" (as a term of abuse).
   • 2016 December 17, Saturday Night Live (comedy sketch), National Broadcasting Company:

     Kate McKinnon, playing Hillary Rodham Clinton, on a series of cue cards: I know you're an elector/ And on December 19^th... / You're supposed to vote for Donald Trump / But bish... / ...He cray[1]

2. (Britain, slang, dated) A mistake.
   • 1952, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings and Darbishire, London; Glasgow : Collins, page 64:

     "You — you don't mean you've made a bish of it?" [said Darbishire]
3. (Britain, slang) A bishop.
   • 1986, Blackadder TV series, Money (series 2 episode 4)

     BALDRICK: My Lord, the Bishop of Bath and Wells.
     BISHOP: (enters) The time has come, Blackadder!
     EDMUND: Oh, hello, Bish.

   • 2017, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, We Know All about You (page 1)

     'The Bishop of Bangor called.' My father and the bish were pals. 'He has received a strange request from the security service.'

Noun

bish

1. (chess) Abbreviation of bishop.

Anagrams

• Hibs, bihs