swish
IPA: swˈɪʃ
noun
- A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
- A hissing, sweeping movement through the air, as of an animal's tail.
- A sound of liquid flowing inside a container.
- A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch
- (basketball) A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
- (slang) An effeminate male homosexual.
- (slang) Effeminacy, effeminate or homosexual demeanor.
- (uncountable, Canada, prison slang) An improvised alcoholic drink made by fermenting whatever ingredients are available.
verb
- To make a rustling sound while moving.
- (transitive) To flourish with a swishing sound.
- (transitive, slang, dated) To flog; to lash.
- (basketball) To make a successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
- (gay slang) To mince or otherwise to behave in an effeminate manner.
- (transitive) To cause a liquid to move around in a container, or in one's mouth.
adjective
- (Britain, colloquial) sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
- Attractive, stylish
- Effeminate.
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Examples of "swish" in Sentences
- And on the swish I swing it back up.
- If you swish with vodka and spit, yes.
- It doesn't say the term swish pattern.
- If it swishes like a duck, quack quack.
- The swish is only one way of doing that.
- It is a part of clarifying the swish pattern.
- The swish is intended to treat minor neurosis.
- They swish the air at least a half inch beyond her languid orbs.
- Other auroral sounds includes hissing, swishing, rustling and cracking.
- Swish is an example of Submodalities change work, so I remove the swish.
- And there was a windy sound, a thin swish followed by a crisp and hollow contact.
- Jackson opened the third quarter with a swish from the top of the key to tie the game.
- He saw nothing; but heard lively breathing, and a _swish, swish, swish_; next, a weak, mewlike cry.
- Taping the rim the guards should be able to shoot the ball blind folded … hearing the sound of the swish is a beautiful thing.
- He had three assists, including a sweet one from underneath that resulted in a 3-point swish from a wide-open Chauncey Billups.
- He heard the repeated and rapid _swish, swish, swish_, of wavelets driven against the float, which rose and fell gently beneath his feet.
- And when these things kind of swish into the south, it kind of forces them down, kind of putting a lid on it and naturally they don't want to do that.
- Until I get the knack of sewing, I'm using camouflage as my ally. :pIronically, one of my first projects was a Regency gown no "swish" there in cream silk!
- The moment is powerful and pungent, and it carries with it the sight and sound and feel of possibilities both real and imagined; the "swish" of ball hitting net for the first time as a clapping, bounding five-year-old dreams of becoming the next Michael Jordan; the red haze of a sunset bleeding into the greens of a forest on an aspiring artist's debut canvas ...
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