swish
verb/swɪʃ/
/swɪʃ/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they swish | /swɪʃ/ /swɪʃ/ |
| he / she / it swishes | /ˈswɪʃɪz/ /ˈswɪʃɪz/ |
| past simple swished | /swɪʃt/ /swɪʃt/ |
| past participle swished | /swɪʃt/ /swɪʃt/ |
| -ing form swishing | /ˈswɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈswɪʃɪŋ/ |
- to move quickly through the air in a way that makes a soft sound; to make something do this
- (+ adv./prep.) A large car swished past them and turned into the embassy gates.
- The pony's tail swished.
- swish something (+ adv./prep.) The pony swished its tail.
- She swished her racket aggressively through the air.
- The cows were swishing their tails lazily.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySwish is used with these nouns as the subject:- tail
- tail
Word Originmid 18th cent.: imitative.Want to learn more?
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