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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a brushing or rustling sound;


VERB (1)

1. move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound;
- Example: "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"
- Example: "The curtain swooshed open"
[syn: lap, swish, swosh, swoosh]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. elegant and fashionable;
- Example: "classy clothes"
- Example: "a classy dame"
- Example: "a posh restaurant"
- Example: "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child
[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. [1913 Webster] 2. To flog; to lash. [Slang] --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Swish \Swish\, v. i. To dash; to swash. [1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) Light driven spray. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
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]