EGAVE

swish

About 0.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
    This restaurant looks very swish — it even has linen tablecloths.
  2. adjective Attractive, stylish
  3. adjective Effeminate.
  4. noun A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
  5. noun A hissing, sweeping movement through the air, as of an animal's tail.
  6. noun A sound of liquid flowing, especially inside a container.
  7. noun A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch
  8. noun A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.

Similar words

stylish classy fashionable posh swosh lap congrats kudos bravo swash

Often followed by

of and the it in through as pan around

Word family

swished swisher swishers swishes swishing swishingly

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