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Adjective: swishy (swishier,swishiest)  swi-shee
  1. Resembling a sustained 'sh' or soft whistle
    "a swishy skirt"
     
  2. [N. Amer, offensive] Having unsuitable feminine qualities
    - effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy [Brit, informal], sissified [informal], sissyish [informal], sissy [informal], camp [informal], campy [informal]

Derived forms: swishiest, swishier

See also: noisy, poncey [Brit, informal], poncy [Brit, informal], unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly