- to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air or as small waves washing on the shore.
- to rustle, as silk.
- to move or behave in an exaggeratedly effeminate manner.
- to flourish, whisk, etc., with a swishing movement or sound: to swish a cane.
- to bring, take, cut, etc., with such a movement or sound: to swish off the tops of plants with a cane.
- to flog or whip.
- a swishing movement or sound.
- a stock or rod for flogging or a stroke with this.
- a contemptuous term used to refer to an effeminate gay man.
- swishy (def. 2).
- stylishly elegant; fashionable.
- to move with or make or cause to move with or make a whistling or hissing sound
- (esp of fabrics) to rustle
- to whip; flog
- to cut with a swishing blow
- a hissing or rustling sound or movement
- a rod for flogging or a blow from such a rod
- an effeminate male homosexual
- a W African building material composed of mortar and mud or laterite, or more recently of cement and earth
- fashionable; smart
- effeminate and homosexual
