▸ adjective: (British, colloquial) sophisticated; fashionable; smooth. ▸ adjective: Attractive, stylish ▸ adjective: Effeminate. ▸ noun: A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction. ▸ noun: A hissing, sweeping movement through the air, as of an animal's tail. ▸ noun: A sound of liquid flowing inside a container. ▸ noun: A twig or bundle of twigs, used for administering beatings; a switch ▸ noun: (basketball) A successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard. ▸ noun: (cricket) A rapid or careless attacking stroke by the batter. ▸ noun: (slang) An effeminate male homosexual. ▸ noun: (slang, uncountable) Effeminacy, effeminate or homosexual demeanor. ▸ noun: (uncountable, Canada, prison slang) An improvised alcoholic drink made by fermenting whatever ingredients are available. ▸ verb: To make a rustling sound while moving. ▸ verb: (transitive) To flourish with a swishing sound. ▸ verb: (transitive, slang, dated) To flog; to lash. ▸ verb: (basketball) To make a successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard. ▸ verb: (gay slang) To mince or otherwise to behave in an effeminate manner. ▸ verb: (transitive) To cause a liquid to move around in a container, or in one's mouth.
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