swishes
verb (used without object)
1.
to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air or as small waves washing on the shore.
2.
to rustle, as silk.
3.
to move or behave in an exaggeratedly effeminate manner.
verb (used with object)
4.
to flourish, whisk, etc., with a swishing movement or sound: to swish a cane.
5.
to bring, take, cut, etc., with such a movement or sound: to swish off the tops of plants with a cane.
6.
to flog or whip.
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noun
7.
a swishing movement or sound.
8.
a stock or rod for flogging or a stroke with this.
9.
Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. an effeminate male homosexual.
Origin:
1750–60; imitative
1750–60; imitative
Related forms
swish·er, noun
swish·ing·ly, adverb
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swish (swɪʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (foll by off) | |
| 1. | to move with or make or cause to move with or make a whistling or hissing sound |
| 2. | (intr) (esp of fabrics) to rustle |
| 3. | slang, rare (tr) to whip; flog |
| 4. | to cut with a swishing blow |
| —n | |
| 5. | a hissing or rustling sound or movement |
| 6. | a rod for flogging or a blow from such a rod |
| 7. | slang (US) an effeminate male homosexual |
| 8. | a W African building material composed of mortar and mud or laterite, or more recently of cement and earth |
| —adj | |
| 9. | informal chiefly (Brit) fashionable; smart |
| 10. | slang (US) effeminate and homosexual |
| [C18: of imitative origin] | |
| 'swisher | |
| —n | |
| 'swishing | |
| —adj | |
| 'swishingly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
swish
1756, probably imitative of the sound made by something brushing against or through something. The noun is from 1820; sense of "effeminate homosexual" is 1930s in homosexual slang, probably from notion of mincing motion.
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Slang Dictionary
swish definition[swɪʃ]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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