Swish

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Swish may refer to:

• Swish (alcohol) can refer to an inexpensive alcoholic beverage made in Canada by steeping water in barrels that have previously held some sort of commercially produced beverage grade alcohol (whisky, brandy, etc.). Residual alcohol leeches out of the wood and mixes with the water. Because the result has a high methanol content, it is very potent but also poisonous and potentially lethal. Initially a hazard found in common use among frontiersmen and the uneducated, it has recently become a favorite among University students, possibly due to its potency and low cost.
• Swish (basketball) can refer to a 'perfect' shot in basketball which goes through the net without touching the rim, and is a common onomatopoeia.
• Swish (interjection) is a slang term used after a funny sentence or insult, derived from the basketball term.
• Swish (mouthwash), a national-brand mouthwash made by Vi-Jon Labs, St. Louis, Missouri.
• Swish (slang) is effeminate behaviour and interests (camp), emphasized and sanctioned (Kleinberg 1978) in gay male communities. This behaviour is also described as nelly.
• The nickname of Bill Nicholson, the Chicago Cubs baseball player, due to his mighty swing which missed often.
• A type of mortar (masonry) used in West Africa comprised of earth rammed into a wooden formwork; also known as pisé de terre.
• SWiSH is a family of software created by Swishzone.com Pty Ltd, culminating in the SWiSH Max presentation design product, an inexpensive alternative to the Macromedia Flash software.
• SWISH-E is an open-source search engine implementation. More information is available on the project website.
• SWISH is a form of table tennis adapted for blind and visually impaired persons. The bats are wooden and resemble an elongated table tennis bat. The table has wooden sides approximately 5cm in height whilst there is a solid 'net' between the players. The ball used is a practice golf ball filled with 6–8 'jingle bells'. The game is played either in singles or doubles and is generally played till eleven points or a two point advantage is achieved.
• A swish cymbal is an exotic ride cymbal used in big band and swing band music and more generally as a second ride.
• In English slang (mainly around Sheffield, West Yorkshire and Chelmsford, Essex), swish meaning something is good or 'cool', it is also a phrase used after winning an argument with style, or after a unique, clever insult.
• Swish: Homemade low-quality liquor. Made by taking leftover, used, liquor aging barrels and swishing water in them to absorb the alcohol from the wood. Absolutely terrible. In BC, the British context of swish can be heard, as in slickly presented or fancy/fashionable, having a little too much showiness, if not effeminacy. "He's kinda swish, doncha think?" might imply the individual in question is homosexual, or at least tending that way (as well as well-dressed).
• Swish: A technique used in NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP) to change habitual thought patterns.