swish

Noun · Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: lapswoshswooshclassyposh

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“The bubbles swoshed around in the glass”“The curtain swooshed open”Synonyms: lapswoshswoosh

Adjective (1)

  1. elegant and fashionable“classy clothes”“a classy dame”“a posh restaurant”“a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac — Julia Child”Synonyms: classyposh
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

Swish \Swish\, v. i. To dash; to swash. [1913 Webster]
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]

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