verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cow/cat etc swishes its tail (= quickly moves it from side to side )
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The cow wandered off, swishing her tail.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Horses try to keep flies off by swishing their tails from side to side.
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McCoy swished a three-point shot with four seconds left.
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The horse swished its tail.
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We watched the train swish past the empty platforms.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ferns swished aside and sprang back into place as she moved along the tiny pathway through the valley.
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I began to lap up the milk happily, my tail swishing from side to side.
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It's a myth that we only swish our tails when we're angry.
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It was wonderful to be up in the air and to feel the air swishing past his face.
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The long brown hair she swishes about herself so beguilingly.
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The washing machine gently swished and splashed.
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Then as the electric doors swished open and three police officers jumped out on to the ballast, the awful realisation dawned.
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Then there were the sweeping layers of thin gauzy curtains that swished elegantly back to reveal the screen.