swish

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive), Adjective

CIDE DICTIONARY

swish, v. t. [From the sound. Cf. Swash.].

•  To flourish, so as to make the sound swish.  Coleridge.  [1913 Webster]
•  To flog; to lash.  Thackeray.  [1913 Webster]

swish, v. i. 

 To dash; to swash.  [1913 Webster]

swish, n. 

•  A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air.  [1913 Webster]
•  Light driven spray.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

swish, v., n., & adj.
--v.
1 tr. swing (a scythe or stick etc.) audibly through the air, grass, etc.
2 intr. move with or make a swishing sound.
3 tr. (foll. by off) cut (a flower etc.) in this way.
--n. a swishing action or sound.
--adj. colloq. smart, fashionable.

Derivative

swishy adj.

Etymology

imit.

THESAURUS

swish

assibilate, assibilation, babble, bent, bubble, burble, buzz, campy, classy, crinkle, de rigueur, effeminate, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, elegant, exclusive, fashionable, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, frication, frictional rustling, fruity, gay, guggle, gurgle, hiss, hissing, homosexual, hush, hushing, in, kinky, lap, lisp, plash, plush, posh, purl, queer, rhonchus, ripple, ritzy, rustle, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, slosh, smart, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, spit, splash, splutter, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor, stylish, susurrate, swank, swanky, swash, swell, tony, trendy, trill, wash, wheeze, whish, whisk, whisper, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, with-it, zip

ROGET THESAURUS

swish

Sibilation

VB hiss, buzz, whiz, rustle, fizz, fizzle, wheeze, whistle, snuffle, squash, sneeze, sizzle, swish.