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Grammar : Adj
Spell : swish
Phonetic Transcription : swɪʃ



Definition of swish

Origin :
  • 1756, probably imitative of the sound made by something brushing against or through something. Related: Swished; swishing.
  • adj fashionable, elegant
Example sentences :
  • We heard the swish of the boughs, heavy with new snow, and then silence.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Obediently he wheeled to the left, and I caught the swish of his sword as it left the scabbard.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
  • His ears, strained to listen, had caught the swish of a woman's gown.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • I sprang aft: but in the roar of wind and swish and thud of sea could not hear him.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan
  • They did as they were bidden, and then the little man said, “Swash, swish!”
  • Extract from : « Irish Fairy Tales » by Edmond Leamy
  • At a hundred yards I gave the signal, and heard the clank and swish of the discharge.
  • Extract from : « Danger! and Other Stories » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • They did as they were bidden, and then the little man said, "Swash, swish!"
  • Extract from : « The Golden Spears » by Edmund Leamy
  • There was a swish of petticoats, and she was standing at the side of her chair.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
  • Now and again one heard the swish and the "plop" of gas-shells.
  • Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
  • Never had the swish of a woman's skirt sounded so sweet to her before.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

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