swish
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
intj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: LGBT
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cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From noun, imitative of the sound
Inflected forms:
form: swisher
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more swish
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: swishest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most swish
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: swishes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: swishes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: swishing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: swished
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: swished
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
pos: adj
tags: UK
colloquial
examples: This restaurant looks very swish — it even has linen tablecloths.
All the shabby railway buildings in front of the station concourse have either been removed or transformed into a shopping complex and swish homes.
gloss: Attractive, stylish
pos: adj
examples: When the boys go swish, they always score
The Saints, who started the day third in the table, went marching on thanks to their own swish play and some staggering defending by the visitors.
gloss: Effeminate.
pos: adj
gloss: A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A hissing, sweeping movement through the air, as of an animal's tail.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: As she trotted down the white path, each swish of her tail sent petals dancing through the air, falling where the bride would walk.
gloss: A sound of liquid flowing, especially inside a container.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens. There was a sound, too, of dumping kegs down on the ground, with a swish of liquor inside them, and then the noise of casks being moved.
gloss: A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A rapid or careless attacking stroke by the batter.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An effeminate male homosexual.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
examples: "Fairies, nances, swishes, fags, lezzes — call 'em what you please — should of course be permitted to earn honest livings […]
gloss: Effeminacy, effeminate or homosexual demeanor.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
examples: He got a little swish downriver.
gloss: An improvised alcoholic drink made by fermenting whatever ingredients are available.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
slang
uncountable
gloss: To make a rustling sound while moving.
pos: verb
examples: The cane swishes.
In the stern of the low-laden canoe his paddle swished steadily and powerfully, with thrust of straight, stiff upper arm backed by a twisting swing of the body from the waist, and with every stroke the little craft leaped as if a giant hand had shoved her forward.
gloss: To flourish with a swishing sound.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to swish a cane back and forth
And backward and forward he swish'd his long tail / As a gentleman swishes his cane.
gloss: To flog; to lash.
pos: verb
tags: dated
slang
transitive
examples: After Virginia came the twins, who were usually called "the Star and Stripes", as they were always getting swished.
Doctor Wordsworth and assistants would swish that error out of him in a way that need not here be mentioned.
gloss: To make a successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
pos: verb
gloss: To mince or otherwise to behave in an effeminate manner.
pos: verb
tags: slang
examples: I shall not swish; I'll merely act limp-wristed.
Therefore, I couldn't imagine the men I would be attracted to attracted in turn to someone who was effeminate. Ergo, I'd better not swish — not if I wanted the kind of sexual partners I thought I did.
Once you come to grips and accept that you are both feminine and masculine and accept that proudly, the fear can disappear and you can begin to enjoy being you! […] ¶ So you can shed tears at a movie or other significant event, you can swish (I said that) a little or a lot, you can be feminine or masculine or somewhere in-between because you will know, in your heart, this is the real you. […
gloss: To cause a liquid to move around in a container, or in one's mouth.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Swish the mouthwash around the mouth and between the teeth for one minute.
gloss: A hissing or whistling sound of something travelling quickly through the air.
pos: intj
examples: "Just like parade it had been a minute before then stumble, bang, swish! Wiped out!" he said.
Related words: swoosh
whoosh
Derived words: swishly
swishness
aswish
swish cymbal
swishity
swish-swash
swishy
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