swis.html - v., n., & adj.
--v.

1 tr. swing (a scythe or stick etc.) audibly through the air, grass, etc.
2 intr. move with or make a swishing sound.
3 tr. (foll. by off) cut (a flower etc.) in this way.

--n.

a swishing action or sound.

--adj.

colloq. smart, fashionable.

swishy adj. [imit.]

swis.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

of or relating to Switzerland in Western Europe or its people.

--n.

(pl. same)
1 a native or national of Switzerland.
2 a person of Swiss descent.

Swiss chard = CHARD. Swiss cheese plant a climbing house-plant, Monstera deliciosa, with aerial roots and holes in the leaves (as in some Swiss cheeses). Swiss roll a cylindrical cake with a spiral cross-section, made from a flat piece of sponge cake spread with jam etc. and rolled up. [F Suisse f. MHG Swiz]

swis.html - See: IN THE SWIM, SINK OR SWIM.

swis.html - {v. phr.} To do the opposite of what most people want to do; go against the way things are happening; struggle upstream. * /The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming against the stream./

swis.html - See: CAST PEARLS BEFORE SWINE or CAST ONE'S PEARLS BEFORE SWINE.

swis.html - See: IN FULL SWING.