swish

  1. Adjective.  (British, colloquial) sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
  2. Adjective.  effeminate.
  3. Noun.  A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
  4. Noun.  A sound of liquid flowing inside a container.
  5. Noun.  A movement of an animal's tail.
  6. Noun.  A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch.
  7. Noun.  (basketball) A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.
  8. Noun.  An effeminate male homosexual.
  9. Verb.  To make a rustling sound while moving.
  10. Verb.  (basketball) To make a shot, as a perfect swish.

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