Swish
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Swish may refer to:
- Swish (basketball), a widespread colloquial term for a 'perfect' shot which goes through the basket without touching the rim or backboard
- Swish (slang)Swish (slang)Swish is a slang term usually used derogatorily for effeminate behaviour and interests , emphasized and sanctioned in pre-Stonewall gay male communities. This behaviour is also described as being nelly. Wentworth and Flexner define swish as a noun meaning "a male homosexual, esp...
, a term used to describe effeminate behaviour and interests in gay male communities - Swish (band)Swish (band)Swish is an American indie rock band founded by Lori Martin in the fall of 1995 in Boston, Massachusetts, and includes guitarist Joe Boyle and Dinosaur, Jr. drummer Patrick "Murph" Murphy...
an indie rock band established in 1996 - SWISH, the former name of the Christian rock band Hawk NelsonHawk NelsonHawk Nelson is a Christian rock band from Peterborough, Ontario. The band has become very popular in the Christian music scene and was voted "Favorite New Artist" by CCM Magazine in their February 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. In 2006 Hawk Nelson won a No...
- Swish (mouthwash), an American mouthwash brand
- Swish (Neuro-linguistic programming), a technique used to diminish unwanted habits
- SWiSH MaxSWiSH MaxSWiSH Max is a flash creation tool that is commonly used to create interactive and cross-platform movies, animations, and presentations. It is developed and distributed by Swishzone.com Pty Ltd, based in Sydney, Australia...
, software used to create cross-platform presentations - SWISH-ESWISH-ESWISH-E stands for Simple Web Indexing System for Humans - Enhanced. It is used to index collections of documents ranging up to one million documents in size and includes import filters for many document types.- See also :...
, software to index collections of documents - Swish (SFTP client)Swish (SFTP client)Swish is a shell extension that allows Windows Explorer to manage files using SFTP.It can be used to transfer files to and from a remote server but can't open them directly.-External links:...
, software to transfer files by SFTP in Windows Explorer - Swish cymbalSwish cymbalThe swish cymbal and the pang cymbal are exotic ride cymbals originally developed and named as part of the collaboration between Gene Krupa and the Avedis Zildjian Company...
, an exotic ride cymbal used in big band and swing band - Bill Nicholson (baseball)Bill Nicholson (baseball)William Beck "Swish" Nicholson was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies...
, of the Chicago Cubs - Nick SwisherNick SwisherNicholas Thompson "Nick" Swisher is an outfielder for the New York Yankees. Swisher is a switch hitter who throws left-handed....
, of the New York Yankees - Swish, an alcoholic beverage obtained by using an (empty) rum cask from a distillery
- Swish, a brand of curtain track
- Swish, a form of table tennisTable tennisTable tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
that can be played by both people who are blind or vision impaired and people who are sighted