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Synonyms
swish (swĭsh)

[Imitative.]

verb: swished, swish·ing, swish·es. 

intransitive verb 

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

transitive verb 

  1. To cause to make a swishing sound.
  2. To strike or cut with a swishing sound.
  3. To whip with a rod.

noun 

    1. A sharp whistling or rustling sound: the swish of scythes.
    2. A movement making such a sound.
    1. A rod used for flogging.
    2. A stroke made with such a rod.
  3. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.

adjective 

  1. Informal Fashionable; posh: “a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac” (Julia Child)
  2. Slang Effeminate.