<span class="searchmatch">swish</span>-<span class="searchmatch">swash</span> (countable and uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">swish</span>-swashes) A repeated <span class="searchmatch">swishing</span> action or sound, going back and forth. (obsolete) A weak, wishy-washy...
<span class="searchmatch">swish</span>-<span class="searchmatch">swashing</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">swish</span>-<span class="searchmatch">swash</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">swish</span>-swashes plural of <span class="searchmatch">swish</span>-<span class="searchmatch">swash</span> <span class="searchmatch">swish</span>-swashes third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">swish</span>-<span class="searchmatch">swash</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">swish</span>-swashed simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">swish</span>-<span class="searchmatch">swash</span>...
also: <span class="searchmatch">Swish</span> From noun, imitative of the sound IPA(key): /swɪʃ/ Rhymes: -ɪʃ <span class="searchmatch">swish</span> (comparative <span class="searchmatch">swisher</span> or more <span class="searchmatch">swish</span>, superlative swishest or most <span class="searchmatch">swish</span>) (British...
<span class="searchmatch">swashing</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">swash</span> <span class="searchmatch">swashing</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">swashing</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">swashing</span>) Hectoring; swaggering. c. 1598–1600 (date...
1880-1889: I listen to the soothing <span class="searchmatch">swash</span>, <span class="searchmatch">swash</span> of the waves and feel renewed strength in mind A smooth stroke; a <span class="searchmatch">swish</span>. 1895, California. Legislature, Journals...
effect may play some nonzero cognitive role in word-finding. Compare also <span class="searchmatch">swish</span>, <span class="searchmatch">swash</span>, splish, and splash regarding any possible sound symbolism. (UK) IPA(key):...
means you've got muscles for days. You gotta werk it, babe." She puts a <span class="searchmatch">swish</span> and swing into her next few steps before she bursts out laughing, and I...