whish

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Hold out your hand Nerving myself up to the inevitable, I stretched out my right palm; and "whish"--with the sound that a flail makes when wielded by an experienced thresher--Dr Hellyer came down, right across my fingers, with a tingling blow from a broad flat ruler, which he must have kept concealed behind his back, as I had not seen it before.

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  1. To move with the whirring or whizzing sound of rapid motion. The scenery of a long tragic drama flashed through his mind as the lightning-express train whixhes by a station. O. W. Holmes, Professor, vi.
  2. Hush. What means this peevish babe? Whish, lullaby; What ails my babe? what ails my babe to cry? Quarles, Emblems, ii. 8.
  3. Silent: same as hush, whisht, whist. You took my answer well, and all was whish. Sir J. Harington, Ep., l. 27.

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  • She smiled and smiled without showing teeth, and listened for the whish of the next knife flying through air By Robin Aurelian Copyright of Fantasy ; Science Fiction is the property of Spilogale, Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 03 - March 1999
  • We'd like to hear from local families involved in this employment, whish is said to be the largest since World War II. —  The Fond du Lac Reporter Latest Headlines
  • Now if a user whish, no matter what section they are in they can view all graph drawings at once —  Softpedia - Windows - All
  • E-Marketing - Your SarahCare® Center (s) listed on our day care web site whish is frequently used by family members and Human Resources professionals who are looking for care for an elder. —  Franchising.com
  • Harry gasped, but the stranger led him without a sound toward the elevator, stepped aboard with him, and sped upward, the silence broken only by the whish-whish-whish of the passing floors. —  The Dark Door
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  1. Imitative; cf. whiz and swish.
  2. Var. of hush.
 

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