Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bish bash bosh en · INTJ

Etymology

An expressive retriplication of bosh.

Meanings

  1. (UK, informal) Indicating the completion of a task with efficiency.
    • So infectious was Jamie’s trademark bish bash bosh enthusiasm that it may actually have been counterproductive. 2007 August 8, Gerard O'Donovan, “Last night on television”, in telegraph.co.uk, retrieved 14 Oct 2008:
    • Throw in a love story early on and you're laughing. Write it up as a novel and, bish-bash-bosh, you've got the next Captain Corelli. 2001 June 1, Gareth McLean, “I like your altitude”, in The Guardian:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bish-bash-bosh alternative lexicographic

Relateds

no fuss, no muss · easy peasy

Synonyms

bingo bango · bada bing bada boom · more at bosh