Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to swish
Participle: swished
Gerund: swishing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | swish |
| you | swish |
| he;she;it | swishes |
| we | swish |
| you | swish |
| they | swish |
Perfect
| I | have swished |
| you | have swished |
| he;she;it | has swished |
| we | have swished |
| you | have swished |
| they | have swished |
Past
| I | swished |
| you | swished |
| he;she;it | swished |
| we | swished |
| you | swished |
| they | swished |
Pluperfect
| I | had swished |
| you | had swished |
| he;she;it | had swished |
| we | had swished |
| you | had swished |
| they | had swished |
Future
| I | will swish |
| you | will swish |
| he;she;it | will swish |
| we | will swish |
| you | will swish |
| they | will swish |
Future Perfect
| I | will have swished |
| you | will have swished |
| he;she;it | will have swished |
| we | will have swished |
| you | will have swished |
| they | will have swished |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | swish |
| you | swish |
| he;she;it | swish |
| we | swish |
| you | swish |
| they | swish |
Perfect
| I | have swished |
| you | have swished |
| he;she;it | have swished |
| we | have swished |
| you | have swished |
| they | have swished |
Imperfect
| I | swished |
| you | swished |
| he;she;it | swished |
| we | swished |
| you | swished |
| they | swished |
Pluperfect
| I | had swished |
| you | had swished |
| he;she;it | had swished |
| we | had swished |
| you | had swished |
| they | had swished |
Conditional
Present
| I | would swish |
| you | would swish |
| he;she;it | would swish |
| we | would swish |
| you | would swish |
| they | would swish |
Perfect
| I | would have swished |
| you | would have swished |
| he;she;it | would have swished |
| we | would have swished |
| you | would have swished |
| they | would have swished |
Imperative
| you | swish |
| we | Let's swish |
| you | swish |
Verbs conjugated like 'swish'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'swish'
slish,
swash,
swiss,
wish,
bewish,
dish,
fish,
hish,
phish,
pish,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To make a rustling sound while moving.
- sough
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From noun, imitative of the sound
Sample Sentences
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The cane swishes.
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In the stern of the low-laden canoe his paddle swished steadily and powerfully, with thrust of straight, stiff upper arm backed by a twisting swing of the body from the waist, and with every stroke the little craft leaped as if a giant hand had shoved her forward. [1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:]
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to swish a cane back and forth
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And backward and forward he swish'd his long tail / As a gentleman swishes his cane. [1829 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats, Paris: A. and W. Galignani, page 239:]
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After Virginia came the twins, who were usually called "the Star and Stripes", as they were always getting swished. [1906, Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost:]
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Doctor Wordsworth and assistants would swish that error out of him in a way that need not here be mentioned. [c. 1842, William Makepeace Thackeray, Character Sketches:]
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I shall not swish; I'll merely act limp-wristed.
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Therefore, I couldn't imagine the men I would be attracted to attracted in turn to someone who was effeminate. Ergo, I'd better not swish — not if I wanted the kind of sexual partners I thought I did. [1986, Samuel R. Delany, Joseph Beam, “The Possibility of Possibilities”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 191:]
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Once you come to grips and accept that you are both feminine and masculine and accept that proudly, the fear can disappear and you can begin to enjoy being you! […] ¶ So you can shed tears at a movie or other significant event, you can swish (I said that) a little or a lot, you can be feminine or masculine or somewhere in-between because you will know, in your heart, this is the real you. [… [1999 March 26, Rachael, “Dear Rachael 3/99”, in TransGender Forum (offline archive), archived from the original on 25 Oct 2023:]
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Swish the mouthwash around the mouth and between the teeth for one minute.