Swish

Adjective

 * 1)  sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
 * This restaurant looks very swish &mdash; it even has linen tablecloths.
 * 1) effeminate.

Noun

 * 1) A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
 * 2) A sound of liquid flowing inside a container.
 * 3) *1898,, Chapter 4
 * 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.
 * 1) A movement of an animal's tail
 * 2) A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch
 * 3)  A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
 * 4) An effeminate male homosexual.

Related terms

 * swoosh
 * whoosh

Verb

 * 1) To make a rustling sound while moving.
 * "She swishes the comb through her hair."
 * 1)  To make a shot, as a perfect swish.

Thesaurus
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