swoosh
Americanverb (used without object)
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swooshes,
present (3rd person singular)
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swooshed,
past participle, past
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swooshing
present participle
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to move with or make a rustling, swirling, or brushing sound.
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to pour out swiftly.
verb (used with object)
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swooshes,
present (3rd person singular)
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swooshed,
past participle, past
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swooshing
present participle
noun
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swooshes
plural
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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swooshsimple
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swooshessimple
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have swooshedperfect
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has swooshedperfect
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am swooshingprogressive
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are swooshingprogressive
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is swooshingprogressive
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have been swooshingperfect progressive
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has been swooshingperfect progressive
Past
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swooshedsimple
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had swooshedperfect
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was swooshingprogressive
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were swooshingprogressive
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had been swooshingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of swoosh
First recorded in 1865–70; imitative
Example Sentences
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The swoosh may outperform Wall Street’s expectations when it reports fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on June 30.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The team strode into the arena wearing black shirts with her signature bun peeking out from a Nike swoosh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2025
He was also wearing grey and blue trainers "with a fluorescent swoosh," according to police.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023
Travis Scott has his line of Nikes with a backward swoosh.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
The driver’s door opened with a quiet swoosh, then slammed shut.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
She wore no-nonsense sneakers with pink swooshes and carried two FedEx boxes.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
But the ubiquitous sparkle of sequins and in plays in shape — slits in gowns, asymmetrical coats and swooshes of diagonal fabric on skirts — gave the collection motion.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
Mr. Debargue brings subtle swooshes of flamenco flair to some of the minor-key sonatas, like K. 115, in C Minor.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2019
Since debuting a decade ago, the DJ-producer has consistently delivered rough-edge techno full of precisely programmed percussion, synth swooshes and gut-rumbling bass.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2018
The jagged sweeps, splotches and upward swooshes are actually sculpted paper protruding from the prints’ surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2017
When she swooshed out the doors of the White House after one particularly pointed encounter with Trump, her sunglasses and burnt-orange winter coat were quickly the stuff of social media memes.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
He grew a mustache that swooshed up at the ends.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2022
“Public spaces should have public art happenings,” Pinque said as Bluebee Troll swooshed its cratered face against the glass pane.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2019
Most had swooshed out past New Orleans and around English Turn.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
The setting sun played hide-and-seek with some purple clouds stretched out along the Jersey City skyline, and a warm summer breeze swooshed in through the open Cadillac windows and made a mess of her hair.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
“The only memories I really have are mainly at night. You could hear the swooshing of all the iron lungs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
Mr Gilliver moves towards the camera, swooshing his light sabre before disappearing down the trap door.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024
Spike Lee showed that by using it to set the tone in “He Got Game,” notably in the gleaming introduction: We see balls swooshing through hoops all over America, from cornfields to city streets.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
He just managed to escape the house before the evergreen tree came swooshing down onto the stairs along the outside of his home, damaging them.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
The ball arched toward the hoop, rotating in space, before swooshing through the rim.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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