Read full poem →Cinctured with iris, pale and glistening,
The sudden swish
Of a waking fish.
Dictionary Entry
A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. swishpan swisharound swishswish softswish gentleswish faint
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Poetry examples for “swish”
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Read full poem →the rain. Fearfully wails the wind down distant corridors, and there comes
the swish and sigh of rushes lifted off the floors. The arras blows sidewise
out from the wall, and then falls back again.
Read full poem →Up to the brim, and even above the brim.
Then he flung outward, feet first, with a swish,
Kicking his way down through the air to the ground.
Read full poem →And hide the shame
With a swish and a swirk
In dead love's name.
Read full poem →Then charged with our sabres and spears.
The swish of the sabre,
The swish of the sabre,
Read full poem →to tideless waves thundering slantwise against
strong embankments, rattle and swish of spray
dashed thirty feet high, caught by the lake wind,