swish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a brushing or rustling sound
  2. verb move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
    swosh; lap; swoosh.
    • The bubbles swoshed around in the glass
    • The curtain swooshed open
  3. adjective satellite elegant and fashionable
    posh; classy.
    • classy clothes
    • a classy dame
    • a posh restaurant
    • a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child

WordNet

Swish transitive verb
Etymology
From the sound. Cf. Swash.
Definitions
  1. To flourish, so as to make the sound swish. Coleridge.
  2. To flog; to lash. Slang Thackeray.
Swish intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To dash; to swash.
Swish noun
Definitions
  1. A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air. Colloq.
  2. (Naut.) Light driven spray. Eng.

Webster 1913