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swish

noun

1 swish

A brushing or rustling sound.

verb

1 swish

Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound.

synonyms: lap, swoosh, swosh.

Roget 409: hiss, buzz, whiz, rustle; fizz, fizzle; wheeze, whistle, snuffle; squash; sneeze; sizzle, swish.   

Dutch: kabbelen

adjective

1 swish

Elegant and fashionable:
— A swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac.

synonyms: classy, posh.


Moby thesaurus: assibilate, assibilation, babble, bent, bubble, burble, buzz, campy, classy, crinkle, de rigueur, effeminate, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, elegant, exclusive, fashionable, fizz, fizzle ... show more.

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