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swish 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/swiSH/,
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swished, past tense; swished, past participle; swishing, present participle; swishes, 3rd person singular present;
  1. offensive. Effeminate

  2. Impressively attractive and fashionable
    • - dinner at a swish hotel
Verb
  1. Move with a hissing or rushing sound
    • - a car swished by
  2. Cause to move with such a sound
    • - a girl came in, swishing her long skirts
  3. Aim a swinging blow at something
    • - he swished at a bramble with a piece of stick
  4. Sink (a shot) without the ball touching the backboard or rim

Noun
  1. A hissing or rustling sound
    • - he could hear the swish of a distant car
  2. A rapid swinging movement
    • - the cow gave a swish of its tail
  3. A shot that goes through the basket without touching the backboard or rim

  4. offensive. An effeminate male homosexual

  1. a brushing or rustling sound
  2. classy: elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child
  3. lap: move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"
  4. (swishy) resembling a sustained `sh' or soft whistle; "swishing windshield wipers"; "a swishy skirt"
  5. Swish is an American indie rock band founded by Lori Martin (now Lori Martin Gregory) in the fall of 1995 in Boston, Massachusetts, and includes guitarist Joe Boyle and Dinosaur, Jr. drummer Patrick "Murph" Murphy. ...
  6. A swish is a term in basketball that refers to a shot that goes through a hoop without making contact with the rim or the backboard.
  7. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a controversial approach to psychotherapy and organizational change based on "a model of interpersonal communication chiefly concerned with the relationship between successful patterns of behaviour and the subjective experiences (esp. ...
  8. Swish is a shell extension that allows Windows Explorer to manage files using SFTP.
  9. Swish is a slang term usually used derogatorily for effeminate behaviour and interests (camp), emphasized and sanctioned in pre-Stonewall gay male communities. This behaviour is also described as being nelly. Wentworth and Flexner define swish as a noun meaning "a male homosexual, esp. ...
  10. A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction; A sound of liquid flowing inside a container; A movement of an animal's tail; A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch; A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard; An ...
  11. A generative submodalities pattern used to change habits and responses.
  12. Swedish Isradipine Study in Hypertension
  13. (Slang) Three consecutive passes, ending the auction. "3♠ - swish" means 3♠ passed out.
  14. n. (used exclusively for J. Greenwood) the graceful swinging movement of J. Greenwood’s glorious, conditioned hair.
  15. A bag that goes directly in the hole without touching the board. Sometimes this is also referred to as “air-mail”.
  16. a meek or fearful surfer
  17. Homemade low-quality liquor. Made by taking leftover, used, liquor aging barrels and swishing water in them to absorb the alcohol from the wood. Absolutely terrible. ...
  18. light sweeping sound