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Origin of swish
First recorded in 1750–60; imitative
OTHER WORDS FROM swish
swish·er, nounswish·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby swish
swipe card, swipes, swipple, swirl, swirly, swish, swishy, Swiss, Swiss army knife, Swiss ball, Swiss chard
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How to use swish in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for swish
swish
/ (swɪʃ) /
verb
noun
adjective
informal, mainly British fashionable; smart
US slang effeminate and homosexual
Derived forms of swish
swisher, nounswishing, adjectiveswishingly, adverbWord Origin for swish
C18: of imitative origin
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