swished

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It had swept clean the chambers of Perkins' soul--swished away the whole accumulation of nasty little cobwebs and malignant germs.

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  1. intransitive verb To move with a hissing or whistling sound, as a whip.
  2. intransitive verb To rustle, as silk.
  3. transitive verb To cause to make a swishing sound.

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  • Another human weed with a very thin neck and a very red face sat on the sand ridge up which the foam-edge swished, his feet wide apart, facing the ocean, and tending a line which he had in some way managed to cast out into the low surf. —  Lawrence - Kangaroo
  • Missouri (13-3, 0-1) countered with its own tough half-court defense in the second half, slowly chipping away at NU†™ s cushion until it forged a tie at 51 when guard J.T. Tiller†™ s swished a 19-footer with 1: 43 remaining in the game. —  Nebraska StatePaper.com News
  • Acetaldehyde, a toxic by-product of alcohol that may accumulate in the oral cavity when swished around the mouth, is also believed to be carcinogenic. —  FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
  • The 6-foot-1 Hill let it fly and the ball swished through the hoop. —  The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA News, Sports, & Weather
  • Chris Paul swished a shot from halfcourt at the halftime horn, but officials ruled the shot left his hands after time expired and a video review confirmed it. ... —  NCAA News -- www.ncaa.com
 

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