English Dictionary

swish

IPA（発音記号）

/swɪʃ/

動詞

他動詞 古風 俗語

To make a rustling sound while moving. / (transitive) To flourish with a swishing sound. / (transitive, slang, dated) To flog; to lash.

日本語の意味

（1）動く際に、衣服や物が擦れることによって生じる、さらさらとした音を出す動作を表す。 / （2）他動詞として、何かを大きく振る、または派手に揺れる様子を示す。 / （3）（口語、時代がかった表現で）打つ、鞭で打つという意味で用いられる。

The curtains swish softly as the evening breeze slips through the window.

夕方のそよ風が窓を通り抜けると、カーテンがサラサラと音を立てる。

意味（1）

To make a rustling sound while moving.

The cane swishes.

意味（2）

(transitive) To flourish with a swishing sound.

to swish a cane back and forth

意味（3）

(transitive, slang, dated) To flog; to lash.

After Virginia came the twins, who were usually called the Star and Stripes, as they were always getting swished.

意味（4）

(basketball) To make a successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard.

意味（5）

(gay slang) To mince or otherwise to behave in an effeminate manner.

I shall not swish; I'll merely act limp-wristed.

意味（6）

(transitive) To cause a liquid to move around in a container, or in one's mouth.

Swish the mouthwash around the mouth and between the teeth for one minute.

swishes （ present singular third-person ）

swishing （ participle present ）

swished （ participle past ）

swished （ past ）