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Definition of Swishy
1. Adjective. Resembling a sustained 'sh' or soft whistle. "A swishy skirt"
Definition of Swishy
1. Adjective. Producing a swishing sound. ¹
2. Adjective. (British) Swish; fancy, posh, impressive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swishy
1. swishing [adj SWISHIER, SWISHIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swishy
Literary usage of Swishy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishing by Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell (1885)
"One good fly fisher, at least, I have known who never used anything but a bamboo
rod, made ' swishy ' as to the middle joints, and a great many of the ..."
2. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1906)
"Snowy, silly, swishy skirts. [Dances across room.] So do I! [Both girls stop
dancing and fall back on perceiving ..."
3. Side-lights on English Society: Or Sketches from Life, Social & Satirical by Eustace Clare Grenville Murray (1881)
"But two days later Mrs. Q. herself shows up on a lovely white mare, with a long
swishy tail. Then there are three well-mounted widows dividing the public ..."
4. Side-lights on English Society: Sketches from Life, Social & Satirical by Eustace Clare Grenville Murray (1883)
"... herself shows up on a lovely white mare, with a long swishy tail. Then there
are three well-mounted widows dividing the public homage; and it is odds ..."
5. Fishing by Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell (1885)
"One good fly fisher, at least, I have known who never used anything but a bamboo
rod, made ' swishy ' as to the middle joints, and a great many of the ..."
6. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1906)
"Snowy, silly, swishy skirts. [Dances across room.] So do I! [Both girls stop
dancing and fall back on perceiving ..."
7. Side-lights on English Society: Or Sketches from Life, Social & Satirical by Eustace Clare Grenville Murray (1881)
"But two days later Mrs. Q. herself shows up on a lovely white mare, with a long
swishy tail. Then there are three well-mounted widows dividing the public ..."
8. Side-lights on English Society: Sketches from Life, Social & Satirical by Eustace Clare Grenville Murray (1883)
"... herself shows up on a lovely white mare, with a long swishy tail. Then there
are three well-mounted widows dividing the public homage; and it is odds ..."
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