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bish|o'r adj (Book) savage, ferocious, wild, bestial bisht nm 1 tail 2 tail end; butt, residual part 3 stem (of a flower/fruit/leaf) 4 handle, (broom)stick 5 [Fig Pej] unexpected and excessive addition: stinger, gimmick 6 [Fig] unfinished piece of business, loose end 7 [Old Fig] lower class person; insignificant and worthless person 8 [Fig Pej] person who hounds another 9 (Geog) piece of land jutting out into a body of water: cape 10 [Colloq] twist or braid of hair 11 [Colloq] (in counting or judging amounts) a head of livestock; an unsatisfactorily small amount • <> lua·n bishtin [Pej] to lead <> on; flirt • lua·n bishtin "waggle one's tail" 1 [Pej] to have loose sexual morals: be a slut 2 to waver in loyalty, be untrustworthy; be unreliable • s'lidh·et as për bisht as për krye "can be tied neither by the tail nor by the head" to be stubbornly set in one's ways • bisht bilardoje cue stick • bisht daci [Bot] "tomcat tail" = bishtda'c • bishti i flokëve ponytail • bishti i fshesës "broom handle" person whose opinion is ignored • bisht gomari [Bot] "donkey tail" field horsetail Equisetum arvense • bishti i lumit source of the river • me bisht ndër shalë with one's tail between one's legs bisht|a|dhi'zë nf [Bot] European glorybind (Convolvulus arvensis)