Hypertext Webster Gateway: "swish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swish \Swish\, v. t. [From the sound. Cf. {Swash}.]
1. To flourish, so as to make the sound swish. --Coleridge.
2. To flog; to lash. [Slang] --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swish \Swish\, v. i.
To dash; to swash.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swish \Swish\, n.
1. A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through
the air. [Colloq.]
2. (Naut.) Light driven spray. [Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
swish
adj : (informal) elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a
classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop
on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child [syn: {classy}, {posh}]
n : a brushing or rustling sound
v 1: move with or make or cause to move with or make a whistling
or hissing sound, as of liquids [syn: {lap}, {swosh}]
2: move with a swishing sound; "She swished into the room"
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