SWISH
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
Adjective
swish (comparative swisher or more swish, superlative swishest or most swish)
(British, colloquial) sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
Attractive, stylish
Effeminate.
Noun
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.
Verb
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.
Interjection
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
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