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
He wore the swoosh on his shirt for the final time at the PNC Championship that he played with his son, Charlie, who was wearing clothes from a different apparel company.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
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 makes a slow swoosh with his hand through the air.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
She wore no-nonsense sneakers with pink swooshes and carried two FedEx boxes.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
Silhouettes were truncated or unfurled at the top and bottom in swooshes of silk that resembled an opening flower.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
They have multiple tongues and multiple swooshes, so I decided to double layer my socks to match it.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2019
Some sliced the swooshes right out of their socks.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2018
French troops marched down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées alongside tanks and armored vehicles as fighter jets swooshed over the Arc de Triomphe.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2025
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 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
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
But then the sweepers start to trickle in, swooshing across in balletic punk pageantry.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
Some players have already suggested that the radio reporter stage a swooshing comeback in a compelling rematch that would …
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
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
Then she takes off her raggedy skirt and runs right into the swooshing ocean in the long, frayed T-shirt she's wearing.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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