classy, posh, swish
(adjective) elegant and fashionable; “classy clothes”; “a classy dame”; “a posh restaurant”; “a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac”- Julia Child
swish
(noun) a brushing or rustling sound
lap, swish, swosh, swoosh
(verb) move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; “The bubbles swoshed around in the glass”; “The curtain swooshed open”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
swish (comparative swisher or more swish, superlative swishest or most swish)
(British, colloquial) sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
Attractive, stylish
Effeminate.
swish (plural swishes)
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.
(Canada, prison, slang) An improvised alcoholic drink made by fermenting whatever ingredients are available.
swish (third-person singular simple present swishes, present participle swishing, simple past and past participle swished)
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.
swish
A hissing or whistling sound of something travelling quickly through the air.
Source: Wiktionary
Swish, v. t. Etym: [From the sound. Cf. Swash.]
1. To flourish, so as to make the sound swish. Coleridge.
2. To flog; to lash. [Slang] Thackeray.
Swish, v. i.
Definition: To dash; to swash.
Swish, n.
1. A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air. [Colloq.]
2. (Naut.)
Definition: Light driven spray. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
