Swishy

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Producing a swishing sound.

    "a long, swishy dress"

  2. 2
    Swish; fancy, posh, impressive. British
  3. 3
    Effeminate; gay informal

    "And quit flouncing that rifle around like a swishy fag, wiggling the dressed ranks on my parade ground. Hear me, Private Driggers?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling a sustained ‘sh’ or soft whistle wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
noisy

Example

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"And quit flouncing that rifle around like a swishy fag, wiggling the dressed ranks on my parade ground. Hear me, Private Driggers?"

Etymology

From swish + -y.

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