Swish (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used without object)
  1. 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.
  2. to rustle, as silk.
  3. to move or behave in an exaggeratedly effeminate manner.
verb (used with object)
  1. to flourish, whisk, etc., with a swishing movement or sound: to swish a cane.
  2. to bring, take, cut, etc., with such a movement or sound: to swish off the tops of plants with a cane.
  3. to flog or whip.
noun
  1. a swishing movement or sound.
  2. a stock or rod for flogging or a stroke with this.
  3. a contemptuous term used to refer to an effeminate gay man.
adjective
  1. swishy (def. 2).
  2. stylishly elegant; fashionable.
verb
  1. to move with or make or cause to move with or make a whistling or hissing sound
  2. (esp of fabrics) to rustle
  3. to whip; flog
  4. to cut with a swishing blow
noun
  1. a hissing or rustling sound or movement
  2. a rod for flogging or a blow from such a rod
  3. an effeminate male homosexual
  4. a W African building material composed of mortar and mud or laterite, or more recently of cement and earth
adjective
  1. fashionable; smart
  2. effeminate and homosexual
Swish (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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