Swish
[swɪʃ]
Definition
(v. t.) To flourish, so as to make the sound swish.
(v. t.) To flog; to lash.
(v. i.) To dash; to swash.
(n.) A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air.
(n.) Light driven spray.
Checker: Roland
Definition
v.t. to cause to move or to cut with a whistling sound: to flog thrash.—n. a swishing sound.—adv. in a swishing manner or with such a sound.—ns. Swish′er one who swishes or flogs; Swish′-swash a swishing action or sound: a washy drink.
Editor: Mamie
Examples
- It was the clank of the levers and the swish of the leaking cylinder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- My orderly had cut paper into strips and tied the strips to a stick to make a brush that swished the flies away. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When he stopped swishing and fell asleep they came down and I blew them away and finally covered my face with my hands and slept too. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Nor words either, Pablo said and made a swishing noise rinsing the wine in his mouth. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It came again, the swishing like the noise of a rocket and there was another up-pulsing of dirt and smoke farther up the hillside. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Checked by Leroy