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szeleścić — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • rustle noun A soft, dry crackling sound, like leaves or paper moving.
  • swish noun A soft rustling or hissing sound, often caused by quick movement through the air.

Senses

szeleścić is used for these senses in English:

  • rustle (ergative) To move (something) with a soft crackling sound.
  • swish To make a rustling sound while moving.

rustle — full definition

  1. noun A soft, dry crackling sound, like leaves or paper moving.
  2. verb To make or move with this soft crackling sound.
  3. verb To steal livestock, especially cattle.

swish — full definition

  1. noun A soft rustling or hissing sound, often caused by quick movement through the air.
  2. verb To move with a soft rustling or hissing sound.
  3. noun A basketball shot that passes cleanly through the net without touching the rim or backboard.
  4. adj Fashionable and impressively smart (informal, British).

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