swoosh
Americanverb (used without object)
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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)
noun
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 air, bathed yellow by safe lights, smells of photographic chemicals and is filled with a rhythmic clicking and a shuttling swoosh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
Atop his head was a black hat with a white Nike swoosh.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
He was also wearing grey and blue trainers "with a fluorescent swoosh," according to police.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023
I picked up the swoosh of a drag, like a bag or maybe a body.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
She wore no-nonsense sneakers with pink swooshes and carried two FedEx boxes.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Throughout the treatment, there are the sounds of repeated brush swooshes, shampoo lathering and sloshing water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
The Paralympic logo of three swooshes, known as the Agitos, is stamped on the medals for the Aug. 28-Sept.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
As Hernandez laughs, Murphy goes on: “I talked to Nike the other day. They said it was really hard to put the Nike swooshes on orange jumpsuits.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2020
“Nagare-8,” from 1983, is a 32-foot-long paper banner in which two intense graphite stripes frame a row of turpentine-aided swooshes and drips.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 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
He had gone to the window and stood looking out at the waves of rain that swooshed against the pane.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Mr Gilliver moves towards the camera, swooshing his light sabre before disappearing down the trap door.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024
Vandendriessche is up front demonstrating, as upbeat electronic music commingles with waves of swooshing traffic noise in the background.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Giant white bows cascaded, mingling effortlessly with fabric sashes, swooshing around the models and accentuating the sumptuous textures of silk fabrics that invigorated the display.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 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
She nipped his finger affectionately, then, with a soft swooshing noise, spread her enormous wings and soared out of the open window.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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