swish – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
swish
v.
produce a rustling or hissing sound; move swiftly with a rustling sound; cause to make a rustling sound; beat or whip with a rod
n.
rustling sound, light brushing sound; swift motion that makes a rustling sound; rod, stick used for flogging; effeminate homosexual (Derogatory Slang)
adj.
swishy, effeminate (Slang); elegant, fashionable (British)
Swish
Swish may refer to:
Games
- Swish, a basketball shot that goes through the basket without touching the rim or backboard
- Swish, a form of table tennis that can be played both by people who are blind or vision impaired and by people who are sighted
swish
Noun
1. a brushing or rustling sound
(hypernym) sound
(derivation) lap, swosh, swoosh
Verb
1. move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"
(synonym) lap, swosh, swoosh
(hypernym) sound, go
Adjective
1. elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child
(synonym) classy, posh
(similar) stylish, fashionable
(classification) colloquialism
Swish
(v. t.)
To flourish, so as to make the sound swish.
(v. t.)
To flog; to lash.
(v. i.)
To dash; to swash.
(n.)
Light driven spray.
(n.)
A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
swish
Synonyms and related words:
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
