swish

swish
1. transitive verb
schlagen mit [Schwanz]; sausen lassen [Stock]
2. intransitive verb
zischen
3. noun
Zischen, das
4. adjective
(coll.) schick (ugs.)
* * *
[swiʃ] 1. verb
(to (cause to) move with a hissing or rustling sound: He swished the whip about in the air.) sausen (lassen)
2. noun
(an act, or the sound, of swishing: The horse cantered away with a swish of its tail.) das Sausen
* * *
swish
[swɪʃ]
I. vi
1. (make hissing noise) zischen
2. (make brushing noise) rascheln
II. vt
▪ to \swish sth liquid etw hin und her schwenken
the horses \swished their tails to get rid of the flies die Pferde schlugen mit ihrem Schweif, um die Fliegen loszuwerden
III. adj
<-er, -est>
(fam)
1. (posh) todschick fam
2. (pej: too extravagant) nobel oft iron
IV. n
1. (sound) Rascheln nt kein pl
2. AM (pej sl: effeminate man) Schwuchtel f pej sl
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[swɪʃ]
1. n
(of whip, cane) Zischen nt, Sausen nt; (of grass) Rascheln nt; (of skirts, water) Rauschen nt; (of tyres) Pfeifen nt, Zischen nt; (of windscreen wipers) Wischen nt
2. adj (+er) (esp Brit inf
= smart) (tod)schick
3. vt
cane zischen or sausen lassen; tail schlagen mit; skirt rauschen mit; water schwenken

she swished water round the bowl — sie schwenkte die Schüssel mit Wasser aus

4. vi
(whip, cane) zischen, sausen; (grass) rascheln; (skirts) rauschen, rascheln; (water) rauschen; (tyres) zischen, pfeifen; (windscreen wipers) wischen
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swish [swıʃ]
A v/i
1. schwirren, sausen, zischen:
swish past vorbeizischen (Auto etc)
2. rascheln (Seide etc)
3. AUTO wischen (Scheibenwischer)
B v/t
1. sausen oder schwirren lassen
2. swish off abhauen
3. sl durchprügeln
C s
1. Sausen n, Zischen n
2. Rascheln n
3. Br
a) (Ruten)Streich m
b) Peitschenhieb m
4. US sl pej Tunte f (effeminierter Homosexueller)
D adj
1. besonders Br umg (tod)schick
2. US sl tuntenhaft pej
E int fft!, wutsch!
* * *
1. transitive verb
schlagen mit [Schwanz]; sausen lassen [Stock]
2. intransitive verb
zischen
3. noun
Zischen, das
4. adjective
(coll.) schick (ugs.)
* * *
v.
sausen v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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