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What (who) is swish - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Swish (disambiguation); SWISH
swish
¦ verb
1. move or cause to move with a hissing or rushing sound.
2. Basketball sink (a shot) without the ball touching the backboard or rim.
¦ noun
1. a swishing sound or movement.
2. Basketball a swishing shot.
¦ adjective Brit. informal impressively smart and fashionable.
Origin
C18: imitative.
SWISH
Simple Web Indexing System for Humans (Reference: WAIS, WWW)
swish
(swishes, swishing, swished, swisher, swishest)
1.
If something swishes or if you swish it, it moves quickly through the air, making a soft sound.
A car swished by heading for the coast...
He swished his cape around his shoulders...
He heard a swishing sound.
VERB: V adv/prep, V n prep/adv, V-ing
•
Swish is also a noun.
She turned with a swish of her skirt.
N-COUNT
2.
If you describe something as swish, you mean that it is smart and fashionable. (BRIT INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)
...a swish cocktail bar.
ADJ
Examples of use of swish
1. He could hear the exquisite swish of her circulating blood.
2. Although not as swish as Villa Rosa, it‘s no barbecue in Uncle Bobs‘ backyard, either.
3. "When he died, I was just a clever watercolorist –– lots of swish and swash," Wyeth said.
4. Over lunch recently at a swish London club, two diminutive figures sat in silence.
5. She tells the authors of having asked Hollande to leave the couple‘s–flat in a swish west Parisian suburb.