Meaning

3 senses
  1. (UK, colloquial)Sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.

    This restaurant looks very swish — it even has linen tablecloths.

    шика́рныйšikárnyj

    elegant and fashionable

  2. Attractive, stylish

  3. Effeminate.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Dogs wag their tails and cats swish theirs.

  2. Mary swishes off her scarf, and waves and waves of black hair cascade down.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
sophisticated; fashionable; smooth:

Origin

From noun, imitative of the sound

From noun, imitative of the sound

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Forms

swisher/more swish, swishest/most swish
Comparativeswisher / more swish Lesson
Superlativeswishest / most swish Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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