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
Atop his head was a black hat with a white Nike swoosh.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
On the shoe, I check the logo, the Nike swoosh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
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
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
Bobby Hundreds: I was wearing Air Force 1s, they had custom Louis Vuitton swooshes on them, and he’s just like, “I like your Air Force 1s.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
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
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
He had similar childhood epiphanies whenever cars swooshed by on the neighboring highway, or when his father flicked on his electric razor.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 11, 2019
Most had swooshed out past New Orleans and around English Turn.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
Surprise swooshed up from the class like steam from a released radiator cap.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
Mr Gilliver moves towards the camera, swooshing his light sabre before disappearing down the trap door.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 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
They swept dramatically off the field smiling with painted faces and swooshing their blue and black habits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
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
I watched him glide off with swooshing steps to the other side of the room to bother some other kids.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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