swish

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So swish. The problem is they all look the same, and it kills the branding aspect of it.

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Quick take

a brushing or rustling sound

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of swish gathered in one view.

noun

a brushing or rustling sound

verb

move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"

adjective

elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for swish.

noun

a brushing or rustling sound

verb

move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"

adjective

elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child

Example sentences

So swish. The problem is they all look the same, and it kills the branding aspect of it.

When there's lots of VC money floating around, people feel like they have to raise capital, employee expensive people, get swish offices. The secret is that you don't!

I can't find a link now, but I remember some research being done that had runners in a lab swish a sucrose solution in their mouths and then spit it out. They ran longer than the control group who got artificial sweetener.

Here I am, a person outside of your field, telling you that you talk to women all wrong, and I'm going to fix it with a swish advertising and graphics campaign". If you want the message to be taken seriously, get Marissa Meyer to say it.

It's commonly supposed that the Supreme Court could void these illegal patents - could dissolve this entire illegal industry - with a swish of their shiny polyester robes. Actually they already tried that, in Flook.

Com/ Personally, and I'm just speaking for myself, and I'm a curmudgeonly old man, I hate these swish, slick, things sliding in from here, there and everywhere, type of web pages. Give me something to see, something to read, something to understand what you do, and a clear call for action in the case I'm your audience.