What is "gish"

n. 1 (context role-playing games English) A magician, or character that is skilled in both physical combat and the use of magic. Most gish characters use their magical abilities to increase their own personal combat abilities (known as "buffing"). 2 (context slang English) An outsider.

Gish is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released in May 1991 through Caroline Records. Frontman Billy Corgan described Gish as a "very spiritual album".

Despite initially peaking at only number 195 on the Billboard 200 upon its release, Gish received positive reviews from critics, and was eventually certified platinum (one million copies shipped) by the RIAA.

Gish is an album by the Smashing Pumpkins.

Gish may also refer to:

• Gish (surname)
• Gish (video game), an action computer game
• Gish (VTA), a light-rail station in San Jose, California
• Great Gish, war god of the Kafir people of Hindu Kush
• A warrior/mage of the fictional Githyanki race in the game Dungeons & Dragons

Gish is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. The station is located in San Jose, California, United States in the center median of 1st Street near Gish Street. The station has a split platform. The northbound platform is located just north of Gish Street, while the southbound platform is located just south of it. Gish is served by both the Alum Rock–Santa Teresa and Mountain View–Winchester light rail lines.

Several times a day Gish station serves as a southern terminus for Mountain View–Winchester light rail line. The trains stop at Gish and after that return to Downtown Mountain View station.

Gish is a side-scrolling platformer video game developed by US-based indie developer Cryptic Sea (pseudonym of Alex Austin) and published by Chronic Logic. A sequel was announced, but subsequently canceled in late 2009 after McMillen left the project.

The game was featured in the first The Humble Indie Bundle in May 2010. Following the success of the promotion, Cryptic Sea pledged to go open source with the game which eventually happened on May 29, 2010.

Gish is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Annabeth Gish (born 1971), American actress
• Dorothy Gish (1898–1968), American actress
• Duane Gish (1921–2013), American biochemist and prominent creationist
• Lillian Gish (1893–1993), American silent film actress
• Lou Gish (1967–2006), British actress
• Sheila Gish (1942–2005), British actress
• Warren Gish, American computational biologist