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English Dictionary: swish	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swish adj elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child Synonym(s): classy, posh, swish n a brushing or rustling sound v move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open" Synonym(s): lap, swish, swosh, swoosh
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swish \Swish\, n. 1. A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air. [Colloq.] 2. (Naut.) Light driven spray. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swish \Swish\, v. t. [From the sound. Cf. {Swash}.] 1. To flourish, so as to make the sound swish. --Coleridge. 2. To flog; to lash. [Slang] --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swish \Swish\, v. i. To dash; to swash.