produce a rustling or hissing sound; move swiftly with a rustling sound; cause to make a rustling sound; beat or whip with a rod
rustling sound, light brushing sound; swift motion that makes a rustling sound; rod, stick used for flogging; effeminate homosexual (Derogatory Slang)
swishy, effeminate (Slang); elegant, fashionable (British)
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Swish Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To flourish, so as to make the sound swish.
To flourish, so as to make the sound swish.
(v. t.)
To flog; to lash.
To flog; to lash.
(v. i.)
To dash; to swash.
To dash; to swash.
(n.)
Light driven spray.
Light driven spray.
(n.)
A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air.
swish
\swish\ (?), v. t. [from the sound. cf. swash.]
1. to flourish, so as to make the sound swish.
2. to flog; to lash. [slang]
swish
\swish\, v. i. to dash; to swash.
swish
\swish\, n. 1. a sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air. [colloq.]
2. (naut.) light driven spray. [eng.]
swish
adj : (informal) elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the rue du bac"- julia child [syn: classy, posh]
n : a brushing or rustling sound v
1. move with or make or cause to move with or make a whistling or hissing sound, as of liquids [syn: lap, swosh]
2. move with a swishing sound; "she swished into the room"
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Noun
1. a brushing or rustling sound
(hypernym) sound
(derivation) lap, swosh, swoosh
Verb
1. move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"
(synonym) lap, swosh, swoosh
(hypernym) sound, go
Adjective
1. elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child
(synonym) classy, posh
(similar) stylish, fashionable
(classification) colloquialism
Swish Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Swish Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Swish may refer to:
Games
- Swish (basketball), a widespread colloquial term for a 'perfect' shot which goes through the basket without touching the rim or backboard
- Swish, a form of table tennis that can be played by both people who are blind or vision impaired and people who are sighted
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Swish Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
To make a shot that goes in without touching the iron or backboard.
