[syn: classy, posh, swish]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Swish \Swish\, v. t. [From the sound. Cf. Swash.]
1. To flourish, so as to make the sound swish. --Coleridge.
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2. To flog; to lash. [Slang] --Thackeray.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Swish \Swish\, v. i.
To dash; to swash.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Swish \Swish\, n.
1. A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through
the air. [Colloq.]
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2. (Naut.) Light driven spray. [Eng.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
swish
adj 1: elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy
dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the
Rue du Bac"- Julia Child [syn: classy, posh, swish]
n 1: a brushing or rustling sound
v 1: move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing
sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The
curtain swooshed open" [syn: lap, swish, swosh,
swoosh]