Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swisher

/swˈɪʃɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: swish-er
IPA: /swˈɪʃɚ/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

comparative form of swish: more swish

noun

One who swishes something.

noun

One who flogs or thrashes.

Archaic

noun

The wrapping paper of a cigar for use in making a blunt to smoke marijuana.

American usage; Slang

name

A surname from German.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Identical boy twins […] become the elephant tail swishers at the king's court, while identical girl twins become potential royal wives."
"They were rolling up a grape swisher blunt and we were telling them how we just got out."
"'Amp' and 'fry' are joints or swishers that have been dipped in embalming fluid laced with PCP and then frozen prior to smoking."

Etymology

From swish + -er.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Schweitzer

Usage

Inflected Forms

swishers (plural)

Phrases

Swisher County

Rhymes With

fisher fischer fissure wisher disher visscher bisher risher tischer discher krisher pysher

Questions

How do you pronounce swisher?: The recorded pronunciation is /swˈɪʃɚ/.
What does swisher mean?: comparative form of swish: more swish
Where does swisher come from?: It is traced to German.

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