swish

«swish» in Mova's school dictionary: To move quickly through the air with a soft hissing… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (swish, swishes, swished, swishing); noun (a swish, swishes)

meaning for a pupil

1) To move quickly through the air with a soft hissing sound: "The horse swished its tail." tree →

2) A swish is the sound or the movement itself. tree →

3) In basketball, a shot that goes straight through the net without touching the rim. tree →

4) To swish someone is to hit them with a thin stick or cane. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, swish is a sound word: a cape swishes, a sword swishes through the air. In everyday life you may swish water round your mouth after brushing teeth. Phrases: swish its tail, with a swish.

examples

• The cow swished its tail to keep the flies away. tree →
• Her long skirt swished as she danced. tree →
• The sword went swish through the air. tree →
• Swish the water around your mouth and spit it out. tree →
• He shot the ball and it was a perfect swish. tree →
• The curtains swished open. tree →
• They pursued him with a savagery which he could not distinguish from hatred, and they swished him well whenever they got the chance. tree →

note

Regular verb: swish, swished; third person "swishes". It is an onomatopoeia: the word sounds like the noise it names, like "whoosh" and "swoosh". Good for adding sound to stories.

In the corpora

• A tail that flicks, swishes or thumps usually means the cat is annoyed.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «swish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.