0 past simple and past participle of swish
1 to (cause to) move quickly through the air making a soft sound:
This glissando-producing movement had two forms, one of which swished back and forth and the other of which rotated.
In his right hand he carried an imaginary squash racket that he swished backwards and forwards.
She came into the debate with her cane, but she swished it in the air and did not reach out for any more substantial targets.
It swished through, sending the game into a third overtime.
The instrument was swished around, severing the white matter, and was then repeated on the other side.
The wash is typically swished or gargled for about half a minute and then spit out.
Alternatively, a small amount of saline mouthwash may be swished in the mouth to collect the cells.
The hatch cover blew away, and salt water swished into the spacecraft as it bobbed in the ocean.
