swish

/swɪʃ/ adjective, noun, verb, interjection

Forms swisher swishest swishes swishing swished

1. adjective (UK, colloquial) sophisticated; fashionable; smooth. “This restaurant looks very swish — it even has linen tablecloths.”
2. adjective Attractive, stylish
3. adjective Effeminate.
4. noun A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
5. noun A hissing, sweeping movement through the air, as of an animal's tail.
6. noun A sound of liquid flowing, especially inside a container.
7. noun A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch
8. noun (basketball) A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
9. noun (cricket) A rapid or careless attacking stroke by the batter.
10. noun (slang) An effeminate male homosexual.
11. noun (slang, uncountable) Effeminacy, effeminate or homosexual demeanor. “He got a little swish downriver.”
12. verb To make a rustling sound while moving. “The cane swishes.”
13. verb (transitive) To flourish with a swishing sound. “to swish a cane back and forth”
14. verb (transitive, slang, dated) To flog; to lash.
15. verb (basketball) To make a successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
16. verb (gay slang) To mince or otherwise to behave in an effeminate manner. “I shall not swish; I'll merely act limp-wristed.”
17. verb (transitive) To cause a liquid to move around in a container, or in one's mouth. “Swish the mouthwash around the mouth and between the teeth for one minute.”
18. interjection (onomatopoeia) A hissing or whistling sound of something travelling quickly through the air.
19. interjection (onomatopoeia) The sound of a basketball going in the hoop.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “swish”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details