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n. - A brushing or rustling sound v. - Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound adj. - Elegant and fashionable.

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  • And there was a windy sound, a thin swish followed by a crisp and hollow contact.
  • He had three assists, including a sweet one from underneath that resulted in a 3-point swish from a wide-open Chauncey Billups.
  • The ship was utterly still but for the throb of the engines and the "swish" of the water as the bows cut through it.
  • The children scrambled down, and the little man cried "swish," and himself and the steed shot up through the sea, and they saw him no more.
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