Meaning

(British, colloquial) sophisticated; fashionable; smooth..

Definitions by Sense

1. (British, colloquial) sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
2. Attractive, stylish
3. Effeminate.
4. A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
5. A hissing, sweeping movement through the air, as of an animal's tail.
6. A sound of liquid flowing, especially inside a container.
7. A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch
8. (basketball) A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.

Example Sentences

This restaurant looks very swish — it even has linen tablecloths.

All the shabby railway buildings in front of the station concourse have either been removed or transformed into a shopping complex and swish homes.

When the boys go swish, they always score

The Saints, who started the day third in the table, went marching on thanks to their own swish play and some staggering defending by the visitors.

As she trotted down the white path, each swish of her tail sent petals dancing through the air, falling where the bride would walk.

There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens. There was a sound, too, of dumping kegs down on the ground, with a swish of liquor inside them, and then the noise of casks being moved.

"Fairies, nances, swishes, fags, lezzes — call 'em what you please — should of course be permitted to earn honest livings […]

He got a little swish downriver.

Word Forms

• swisher
• more swish
• swishest
• most swish
• swishes
• swishing
• swished

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