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Meanings of swish in English

Portuguese
farfalhar
Catalan
xipollejar

Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound.

farfalhar

Elegant and fashionable.

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Usage of swish in English
1
A swish bathroom can be a strong selling point in a house.
The Irish Times
2
Lyra thought she could even hear them: a vast distant whispering swish.
The golden compass
3
Presently a lamp was lit; and Duane heard the swish of skirts.
The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border
4
Soon the swish of leaves and the crackling of rotten wood ceased.
The Captain of the Kansas
5
A few yards away they heard the soft swish of the river.
The Evil Shepherd
6
Which people made the swish of the ball in the basket possible?
BBC
7
There was the swish of a woman's dress in the passage outside.
The Keeper of the Door
8
Not really. I thought I heard the swish of a reptilian tail.
Afterlife: the resurrection chronicles
9
Several times I could feel the swish of bullets past my hair.
The Secret of the Night
10
He held it in both hands and gave it an experimental swish.
Under the dome: a novel
11
He heard the swish and smash of their retreat grow distant, disperse.
The Research Magnificent
12
The thing sprang-therewas a swish of ferns and twigs, and silence.
Saint's Progress
13
A quick step sounded on the gravel walk, a swish of skirts.
The Courting Of Lady Jane
14
The audience rose as one man-only a swish and another dead silence.
Tess of the Storm Country
15
Hitting the bottom in a swish of skirts, I stopped to listen.
Outlander
16
So you can't use your gun like a sword, swish swish slice-em-in-half.
Ender’s Game
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Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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