Associations to the word «Swishing»
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Wiktionary
SWISH, adjective. (British) (colloquial) sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
SWISH, adjective. Attractive, stylish
SWISH, adjective. Effeminate.
SWISH, noun. A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
SWISH, noun. A sound of liquid flowing inside a container.
SWISH, noun. A movement of an animal's tail
SWISH, noun. A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch
SWISH, noun. (basketball) A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
SWISH, noun. An effeminate male homosexual.
SWISH, verb. To make a rustling sound while moving.
SWISH, verb. (transitive) To flourish with a swishing sound.
SWISH, verb. (transitive) (slang) (dated) To flog; to lash.
SWISH, verb. (basketball) To make a successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
SWISH, verb. (gay slang) To mince or otherwise to behave in an effeminate manner.
Dictionary definition
SWISH, noun. A brushing or rustling sound.
SWISH, verb. Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open".
SWISH, adjective. Elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child.
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.