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Swish
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(swishes, swishing, swished, swisher, swishest) 1. If something swishes or if you swish it, it moves quickly through the air, making a soft sound. A car swished by heading for the coast... He swished his cape around his shoulders... He heard a swishing sound. VERB: V adv/prep, V n prep/adv, V-ing • Swish is also a noun. She turned with a swish of her skirt. N-COUNT 2. If you describe something as swish, you mean that it is smart and fashionable. (BRIT INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED) ...a swish cocktail bar. ADJ
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I. verb Etymology: imitative Date: 1756 intransitive verb to move, pass, swing, or whirl with the sound of a ~ transitive verb 1. to move, cut, or strike with a ~ the horse ~ed its tail 2. to make (a basketball shot) so that the ball falls through the rim without touching it ~ed a 3-point jumper • ~er noun • ~ingly adverb II. noun Date: 1820 1. a. a prolonged hissing sound (as of a whip cutting the air) b. a light sweeping or brushing sound heard the ~ of the horse's tail 2. a ~ing movement 3. usually disparaging an effeminate homosexual III. adjective Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1766 smart, fashionable ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v., n., & adj. --v. 1 tr. swing (a scythe or stick etc.) audibly through the air, grass, etc. 2 intr. move with or make a swishing sound. 3 tr. (foll. by off) cut (a flower etc.) in this way. --n. a swishing action or sound. --adj. colloq. smart, fashionable. Derivatives swishy adj. Etymology: imit. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. свист (хлыста, косы и т. п., рассекающих воздух) 2. шелест, шуршание the swish of silk —- шуршание шелка 3. розга 4. удар розгой 5. сл. гомосексуалист 6. разг. шикарный, элегантный 7. рассекать воздух со свистом the racers swished by —- гонщики пронеслись мимо как ветер 8. размахивать to swish a cane —- размахивать тростью the horse swished its tail —- лошадь помахивала хвостом 9. сечь (розгой) 10. шелестеть, шуршать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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off скашивать, сбивать со свистом; Ask the boy to stop swishing the flower heads off with his stick. SWISH I 1. noun 1) свист (хлыста и т.п.); взмах (косы и т.п.) со свистом 2) шелест, шуршание 2. v. 1) рассекать воздух со свистом 2) размахивать (тростью, палкой) 3) шелестеть, шуршать 4) сечь (розгой) - swish off II adj. coll. шикарный ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v to move or make something move quickly through the air with a smooth quiet sound (Her skirt swished as she walked. | The horse swished his tail.) - swish n ~2 adj BrE fashionable and expensive-looking (a really swish apartment) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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