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Definition of Swish
1. Noun. A brushing or rustling sound.
2. Verb. Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound. "The curtain swooshed open"
3. Adjective. Elegant and fashionable. "A swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Fashionable, Stylish
Derivative terms: Class
Definition of Swish
1. v. t. To flourish, so as to make the sound swish.
2. v. i. To dash; to swash.
3. n. A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air.
Definition of Swish
1. Adjective. (British colloquial) sophisticated; fashionable; smooth. ¹
2. Adjective. effeminate. ¹
3. Noun. A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction. ¹
4. Noun. A sound of liquid flowing inside a container. ¹
5. Noun. A movement of an animal's tail ¹
6. Noun. A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch ¹
7. Noun. (basketball) A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard. ¹
8. Noun. An effeminate male homosexual. ¹
9. Verb. To make a rustling sound while moving. ¹
10. Verb. (basketball) To make a shot, as a perfect swish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swish
1. to move with a prolonged hissing sound [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swish
Literary usage of Swish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"To affect by swishing: as, to swish off the heads of flowers with a cane. Ц.
intrans. To move, or make a movement, with a swash or flourish, or with a sound ..."
2. Teach Me English by Judy Mahoney (1999)
"The wipers on the car go swish swish swish, swish swish swish, swish swish swish,
The wipers on the car go swish swish swish, All around the town. ..."
3. Random Recollections of an Old Publisher by William Tinsley (1900)
"One day Johnson arrived at my house with his children in his splendid carriage
drawn by the swish-tail blacks, and soon after an old friend of ours, ..."
4. The Story of My Life, Or, The Sunshine and Shadow of Seventy Years by Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1897)
"Tied by the Hands — Jerked up by a Rope Thrown across a Beam — A Never-to-be-forgotten
Scene — The swish of a Long Whip Flashed through the Air — Blow after ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"To affect by swishing: as, to swish off the heads of flowers with a cane. Ц.
intrans. To move, or make a movement, with a swash or flourish, or with a sound ..."
6. Teach Me English by Judy Mahoney (1999)
"The wipers on the car go swish swish swish, swish swish swish, swish swish swish,
The wipers on the car go swish swish swish, All around the town. ..."
7. Random Recollections of an Old Publisher by William Tinsley (1900)
"One day Johnson arrived at my house with his children in his splendid carriage
drawn by the swish-tail blacks, and soon after an old friend of ours, ..."
8. The Story of My Life, Or, The Sunshine and Shadow of Seventy Years by Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1897)
"Tied by the Hands — Jerked up by a Rope Thrown across a Beam — A Never-to-be-forgotten
Scene — The swish of a Long Whip Flashed through the Air — Blow after ..."
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