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 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
Some in the fashion community believe Woods can survive without sporting Nike’s popular swoosh on chest.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
Atop his head was a black hat with a white Nike swoosh.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
The conversation fell away and the world was quiet but for the steady swoosh of Clare’s paddle-stick carving through the water.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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
There was not much to see, except the reflection of the blue sky punctuated with cotton candy swooshes of cloud.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022
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
The ship’s features include a race course for electric go-karts, laser tag, a waterslide with a tube that swooshes you along the side of the ship and an observation lounge for enjoying Alaskan scenery.
From Washington Times ● May 8, 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
“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
“I want to be a lifestyle brand,” she declared two weeks before the Nordstrom appearance, pink-manicured fingertips firmly on the wheel of her white Mercedes as it swooshed down the U.S.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2015
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
"I was following a path along the valley when I suddenly felt something hit the back of my head accompanied by a swooshing sound," Nigel Crompton said.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
“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
But then the sweepers start to trickle in, swooshing across in balletic punk pageantry.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
I also found out that it lets me turn my cursor into a lightsaber that plays the swooshing sounds as I move my mouse around until I toggle the feature again by typing lightsaber.
From The Verge ● Jun. 24, 2022
If you aren't aiming the light, you are swooshing the water down into the drains.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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