Swish

//swɪʃ// adj, intj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    sophisticated; fashionable; smooth. British, colloquial

    "This restaurant looks very swish — it even has linen tablecloths."

  2. 2
    Attractive, stylish

    "When the boys go swish, they always score"

  3. 3
    Effeminate.
Adjective
  1. 1
    elegant and fashionable wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    A hissing or whistling sound of something travelling quickly through the air.

    ""Just like parade it had been a minute before then stumble, bang, swish! Wiped out!" he said."

Noun
  1. 1
    A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a brushing or rustling sound wordnet
  3. 3
    A hissing, sweeping movement through the air, as of an animal's tail. countable, uncountable

    "As she trotted down the white path, each swish of her tail sent petals dancing through the air, falling where the bride would walk."

  4. 4
    A sound of liquid flowing inside a container. countable, uncountable

    "There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens. There was a sound, too, of dumping kegs down on the ground, with a swish of liquor inside them, and then the noise of casks being moved."

  5. 5
    A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A rapid or careless attacking stroke by the batter. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    An effeminate male homosexual. countable, slang, uncountable

    ""Fairies, nances, swishes, fags, lezzes — call 'em what you please — should of course be permitted to earn honest livings […]"

  4. 9
    Effeminacy, effeminate or homosexual demeanor. slang, uncountable

    "He got a little swish downriver."

  5. 10
    An improvised alcoholic drink made by fermenting whatever ingredients are available. Canada, slang, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To make a rustling sound while moving.

    "The cane swishes."

  2. 2
    move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound wordnet
  3. 3
    To flourish with a swishing sound. transitive

    "to swish a cane back and forth"

  4. 4
    To flog; to lash. dated, slang, transitive

    "After Virginia came the twins, who were usually called "the Star and Stripes", as they were always getting swished."

  5. 5
    To make a successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
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  1. 6
    To mince or otherwise to behave in an effeminate manner. slang

    "I shall not swish; I'll merely act limp-wristed."

  2. 7
    To cause a liquid to move around in a container, or in one's mouth. transitive

    "Swish the mouthwash around the mouth and between the teeth for one minute."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From noun, imitative of the sound

Etymology 2

From noun, imitative of the sound

Etymology 3

From noun, imitative of the sound

Etymology 4

From noun, imitative of the sound

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