swish
verb (used without object)
to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air or as small waves washing on the shore.
have swished
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present perfectof swish.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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His second extended Georgetown’s lead to 26-21, and another three-pointer, upon officials’ replay review, was ruled to have swished through a fraction of a second after the halftime buzzer.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2015
If I'd had a tail, it would have swished.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2013
I have felt their icy coldness as, blowing hither and thither in the delirium of their free, untrammelled existence, they have swished across my face.
From Byways of Ghost-Land by Elliott O'Donnell
