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Word: Swish
Speech Type: Verb
mid 18th century: imitative
swɪʃ
move with a hissing or rushing sound
Short Definition:move with hissing or rushing sound
Examples:- a car swished by
sink (a shot) without the ball touching the backboard or rim.
Short Definition:sink shot without ball touching backboard or rim
Word: Swish
Speech Type: Noun
swɪʃ
a hissing or rustling sound
Short Definition:hissing or rustling sound
Examples:- he could hear the swish of a distant car
a shot that goes through the basket without touching the backboard or rim.
Short Definition:shot that goes through basket without touching backboard or rim
a gay man, especially one with an ostentatiously affected, flamboyant, or feminine manner.
Short Definition:gay man
Word: Swish
Speech Type: Adjective
swɪʃ
impressively smart and fashionable
Short Definition:impressively smart and fashionable
Examples:- dinner at a swish hotel
(of a gay man) having an ostentatiously affected, flamboyant, or feminine manner.
Short Definition:having affected, flamboyant, or feminine manner
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