Swish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To move with a hissing or whistling sound, as a whip.
  • verb-intransitive. To rustle, as silk.
  • v. To cause to make a swishing sound.
  • v. To strike or cut with a swishing sound.
  • v. To whip with a rod.
  • n. A sharp whistling or rustling sound: the swish of scythes.
  • n. A movement making such a sound.
  • n. A rod used for flogging.
  • n. A stroke made with such a rod.
  • n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.
  • adj. Informal Fashionable; posh: "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac” ( Julia Child).
  • adj. Slang Effeminate.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
  • adj. effeminate.
  • n. A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
  • n. A sound of liquid flowing inside a container.
  • n. A movement of an animal's tail
  • n. A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch
  • n. A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
  • n. An effeminate male homosexual.
  • v. To make a rustling sound while moving.
  • v. To make a shot, as a perfect swish.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To flourish, so as to make the sound swish.
  • v. To flog; to lash.
  • verb-intransitive. To dash; to swash.
  • n. A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air.
  • n. Light driven spray.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To flog; lash.
  • To flourish; brandish; make quick, cutting motions with; switch.
  • To affect by swishing: as, to swish off the heads of flowers with a cane.
  • To move, or make a movement, with a swash or flourish, or with a sound like the washing of small waves on the shore, or of swift movement through the air, of which the word swish is imitative.
  • n. A sound as of water lapping the shore, or of swift movement through the air; a rustling.
  • n. A swish-broom.
  • In a swishing manner, or with a swishing sound; with a swish.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
  • n. a brushing or rustling sound
  • adj. elegant and fashionable
    • Equivalent
    fashionable    stylish   
    Verb Form
    swished    swishes    swishing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sound    go   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flog    lash    dash    swash    rustle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Fish    Frisch    Gish    Ish    Kish   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rustle    whoosh    thud    whine    gurgle   
     
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