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1. (v.i.) swish
to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air.
2. swish
to rustle, as silk.
3. (v.t.) swish
to flourish, whisk, etc., with a swishing movement or sound.
4. swish
to bring, take, cut, etc., with such a movement or sound.
5. swish
to flog or whip.
6. (n.) swish
a swishing movement or sound.
7. swish
a stick or rod for flogging, or a stroke with this.
8. swish
Chiefly Brit. Informal. fashionable.
Etymology: (1750–60; imit.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) swish
a brushing or rustling sound
2. (verb) classy, posh, swish
elegant and fashionable
"classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child
3. (verb) lap, swish, swosh, swoosh
move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
"The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"
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1. (verb) swish
to swing or move with a soft sound
The door swished quietly closed.; the swish of the basketball through the net
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) swish
a sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air
2. (noun) swish
light driven spray
3. (verb) swish
to flourish, so as to make the sound swish
4. (verb) swish
to flog; to lash
5. (verb) swish
to dash; to swash
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Sense: to (cause to) move with a hissing or rustling sound
He swished the whip about in the air.
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 Afrikaans: sjoer, suis |
 Arabic: يَهِفُّ، يَحِفُّ |
 Bulgarian: свистя |
 Brazilian: agitar(-se) com zunido |
 Czech: švihat, svištět |
 German: sausen (lassen) |
 Danish: svinge |
 Greek: κινούμαι με συριστικό ήχο |
 Spanish: (hacer) chasquear; (hacer |
 Estonian: vihisema, vihistama |
 Farsi: صفيرزنان حركت كردن |
 Finnish: suhahtaa |
 French: faire siffler |
 Hebrew: לַנוּע בְּקוֹל שְׁרִיקָה |
 Hindi: आवाज करते हुए काटना, सरसर |
 Croatian: fijukati, zviždati kroz z |
 Hungarian: suhog(tat) |
 Indonesian: mendesiskan |
 Icelandic: hvína, slá svo hvíni í |
 Italian: far sibilare |
 Japanese: ぴゅーと鳴らす |
 Korean: 휙 소리를 내다 |
 Lithuanian: čaižyti, pliauškinti, pli |
 Latvian: švīkstēt; šņākt; čaukstēt |
 Malay: mengibaskan |
 Dutch: zwiepen |
 Norwegian: suse, rasle |
 Polish: świsnąć w (powietrzu) |
 Persian: صفيرزنان حركت كردن |
 Pashto: شغهار |
 Portuguese: agitar(-se) com zunido |
 Romanian: aşfichiui |
 Russian: рассекать со свистом |
 Slovak: švihať, svišťať |
 Slovenian: švistniti |
 Serbian: šuštati |
 Swedish: snärta, svischa |
 Thai: เกิดเสียงดังเฟี้ยว |
 Turkish: hışırda(t)mak |
 Taiwanese: 嗖地揮動 |
 Ukrainian: розсікати повітря з посви |
 Urdu: بید یا چھڑی سے مارنا |
 Vietnamese: làm cho kêu xào xạc, quất |
 Chinese: 嗖地挥动 |
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