swish

US: /ˈswɪʃ/
UK: /swˈɪʃ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


swish /swiʃ/
  • tính từ
    • (thông tục) bảnh, diện, mốt
    • danh từ
      • tiếng rào rào, tiếng vun vút; tiếng sột soạt (quần áo mới...)
      • cái vụt, cái quất vun vút (bằng roi)
      • cái roi
      • nội động từ
        • ào ào, vun vút; sột soạt
        • đi vun vút
        • ngoại động từ
          • làm cho kêu rào rào, làm cho kêu vun vút, làm cho kêu sột soạt
          • vụt quất (ai, bằng roi)
          • cắt (lúa, cỏ...) soàn soạt

        Advanced English dictionary


        verb, noun, adjective
        + verb
        to move quickly through the air in a way that makes a soft sound; to make sth do this: [V] A large car swished past them and turned into the embassy gates. + [VN] She swished her racket aggressively through the air. + [V, VN] The pony's tail swished. + The pony swished its tail.
        + noun [sing.] the movement or soft sound made by sth moving quickly, especially through the air: She turned away with a swish of her skirt.
        + adjective (BrE, informal) looking expensive and fashionable
        Synonym: SMART
        a swish restaurant + Their new apartment is very swish.

        Thesaurus dictionary


        v.
        1 hiss, whisk, rustle, whisper, susurrate:
        I heard Elena swish up behind me in her red silk taffeta dress.
        n.
        2 hiss, hissing sound, whoosh, swoosh, rustle, whistle:
        With a quick swish the machete knifed through the underbrush.
        adj.
        3 elegant, fashionable, stylish, de rigueur, smart, Colloq posh, plush, ritzy, swell, swank(y):
        Liza bought a swish new outfit for the wedding.
        4 homosexual, effeminate, swishy, camp(y), US fruity, limp-wristed, Colloq queer, gay, Chiefly Brit bent, US faggy, Slang kinky:
        He used to bring his swish friends here, but not lately.