swish
/swɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "This restaurant looks very swish — it even has linen tablecloths."
- "All the shabby railway buildings in front of the station concourse have either been removed or transformed into a shopping complex and swish homes."
- "When the boys go swish, they always score"
- "The Saints, who started the day third in the table, went marching on thanks to their own swish play and some staggering defending by the visitors."
- "As she trotted down the white path, each swish of her tail sent petals dancing through the air, falling where the bride would walk."
- "There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens. There was a sound, too, of dumping kegs down on the ground, with a swish of liquor inside them, and then the noise of casks being moved."
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
swisher (comparative)
more swish (comparative)
swishest (superlative)
most swish (superlative)
swishes (plural)
swishes (present, singular)
swishing (participle, present)
swished (participle, past)
swished (past)