swish
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
- Attractive, stylish
- Effeminate.
Noun
- 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
- A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
- A rapid or careless attacking stroke by the batter.
- An effeminate male homosexual.
- Effeminacy, effeminate or homosexual demeanor.
- An improvised alcoholic drink made by fermenting whatever ingredients are available.
Verb
- To make a rustling sound while moving.
- To flourish with a swishing sound.
- To flog; to lash.
- To make a successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
- To mince or otherwise to behave in an effeminate manner.
- To cause a liquid to move around in a container, or in one's mouth.
Interjection
- A hissing or whistling sound of something travelling quickly through the air.
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