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swish  (swsh)

v. swished, swish·ing, swish·es

v.intr.

1. To move with a hissing or whistling sound, as a whip.

2. To rustle, as silk.

v.tr.

1. To cause to make a swishing sound.

2. To strike or cut with a swishing sound.

3. To whip with a rod.

n.

1.

a. A sharp whistling or rustling sound: the swish of scythes.

b. A movement making such a sound.

2.

a. A rod used for flogging.

b. A stroke made with such a rod.

3. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.

adj.

1. Informal Fashionable; posh: "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac" (Julia Child).

2. Slang Effeminate.

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swish [swɪʃ]

vb

1. to move with or make or cause to move with or make a whistling or hissing sound

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (intr) (esp of fabrics) to rustle

3. (tr) Slang, now rare to whip; flog

4. (tr; foll by off) to cut with a swishing blow

n

1. a hissing or rustling sound or movement

2. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a rod for flogging or a blow from such a rod

3. US slang an effeminate male homosexual

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a W African building material composed of mortar and mud or laterite, or more recently of cement and earth

adj

1. Informal chiefly Brit fashionable; smart

2. US slang effeminate and homosexual

[of imitative origin]

swisher  n

swishing  adj

swishingly  adv

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Swish of hairdressers—Lipton, 1970.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swish - a brushing or rustling sound         sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
Verb	1.	swish - move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open" swoosh, swosh, lap sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
Adj.	1.	swish - elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child classy, posh colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech stylish, fashionable - having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd"

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swish

adjective (Informal, chiefly Brit.) smart, grand, posh (informal, chiefly Brit.), exclusive, elegant, swell (informal), fashionable, sumptuous, ritzy (slang), de luxe, plush or plushy (informal) a swish cocktail bar

Translations

swish [swɪʃ]

A. N [of cane] → silbido m; [of skirt] → frufrú m; [of water] → susurro m

B. ADJ (= smart) → muy elegante

C. VT [+ cane] → agitar, blandir(produciendo un silbido); [+ skirt] → hacer frufrú con; [+ tail] → agitar, menear

D. VI [skirts] → hacer frufrú; [long grass] → silbar; [water] → susurrar
a car swished past → pasó un coche deslizándose por el asfalto mojado

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swish [ˈswɪʃ]

adj (British) (= smart) [restaurant, hotel, car] → classe >

vi [whip] → siffler; [skirt, long grass] → bruisser; [curtains]
The curtains swished open → Les rideaux s'ouvrirent dans un bruissement.

vt [+ whip] → faire cingler
to swish its tail [horse, cow] → fouetter de la queue

n [tail] → fouettement m; [skirt] → bruissement m; [whip] → cinglement m

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swish

n (of whip, cane) → Zischen nt, → Sausen nt; (of grass) → Rascheln nt; (of skirts, water) → Rauschen nt; (of tyres) → Pfeifen nt, → Zischen nt; (of windscreen wipers) → Wischen nt

adj (+er) (esp Brit inf: = smart) → (tod)schick

vt cane → zischen or sausen lassen; tail → schlagen mit; skirt → rauschen mit; water → schwenken; she swished water round the bowl → sie schwenkte die Schüssel mit Wasser aus

vi (whip, cane) → zischen, sausen; (grass) → rascheln; (skirts) → rauschen, rascheln; (water) → rauschen; (tyres) → zischen, pfeifen; (windscreen wipers) → wischen

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swish [swɪʃ]

1. n (sound, of whip) → schiocco; (of skirts, grass) → fruscio

2. adj (fam) (smart) → all'ultimo grido, alla moda

3. vt (whip) → schioccare; (skirt) → far frusciare; (tail) → agitare

4. vi (whip) → schioccare; (skirts, grass) → frusciare

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swish [swɪʃ]

1. n (sound, of whip) → schiocco; (of skirts, grass) → fruscio

2. adj (fam) (smart) → all'ultimo grido, alla moda

3. vt (whip) → schioccare; (skirt) → far frusciare; (tail) → agitare

4. vi (whip) → schioccare; (skirts, grass) → frusciare

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swish

v swish [swiʃ]

to (cause to) move with a hissing or rustling sound He swished the whip about in the air. sjoer, suis يَهِفُّ، يَحِفُّ свистя švihat, svištět svinge sausen (lassen) κινούμαι με συριστικό ήχο, θροΐζω (hacer) chasquear; (hacer) crujir vihisema, vihistama صفيرزنان حركت كردن sujahtaa, viuhtoa faire siffler לַנוּע בְּקוֹל שְׁרִיקָה आवाज करते हुए काटना, सरसराना, बेंत लगाना fijukati, zviždati kroz zrak čime suhog(tat) mendesiskan hvína, slá svo hvíni í far sibilare ぴゅーと鳴らす 휙 소리를 내다 čaižyti, pliauškinti, pliaukštelėti švīkstēt; šņākt; čaukstēt mengibaskan zwiepen suse, rasle świsnąć w (powietrzu) agitar(-se) com zunido a şfichiui рассекать со свистом švihať, svišťať švistniti šuštati snärta, svischa เกิดเสียงดังเฟี้ยว hışırda(t)mak 嗖地揮動 розсікати повітря з посвистом; шарудіти بید یا چھڑی سے مارنا làm cho kêu xào xạc, quất, vút 嗖地挥动

n

an act, or the sound, of swishing The horse cantered away with a swish of its tail. suisgeluid حَفيف، هَزيز свистене švihání svingen das Sausen σύρισμα, θρόισμα chasquido; crujido vihin صفير viuhahdus bruissement קוֹל שְׁרִיקָה बांका, ठाठदार zvižduk (kose, biča...), šuštanje suhogás desisan þytur, hvinur colpo ぴゅーと振ること 획하는 움직임(소리) pliaukštelėjimas švīkstoņa; šņākoņa; čaukstēšana kibasan zwiep rasling, sus świst chicotada şfichiuit рассекание; свист švihanie švist šuštanje svep, snärt, svischande เสียงดังเฟี้ยว hışırdama 嗖嗖揮動或嗖嗖聲 посвист; шелестіння بید یا چھڑی کی مار tiếng sột soạt, cái quất vun vút 嗖嗖挥动或嗖嗖声