Origin of swish
First recorded in 1750–60; imitative
OTHER WORDS FROM swish
swish·er, noun swish·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby swish
swipe card,
swipes,
swipple,
swirl,
swirly,
swish,
swishy,
swiss,
swiss army knife,
swiss ball,
swiss chard
Example sentences from the Web for swish
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, noun swishing, adjective swishingly, adverbWord Origin for swish
C18: of imitative origin