as in to pour
to flow out in great quantities or with force
water swooshed powerfully from the fire hose
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Recent Examples of swoosh
Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Detail view of basketball with Nike swoosh on the court during the game between the Syracuse Orange and the Maryland Terrapins at the Carrier Dome on November 27, 2017 in Syracuse, New York.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
Mike Belleme, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The production design, swooshing across Michael Yeargan and Jake Barton’s set, creates a background blizzard of technological flashes and blips.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Verb
The Nike swoosh has been replaced by the Kobe Sheath logo on the chest, and the shirt’s fabric has a snakeskin texture in keeping with Bryant’s Black Mamba nickname.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Detail view of basketball with Nike swoosh on the court during the game between the Syracuse Orange and the Maryland Terrapins at the Carrier Dome on November 27, 2017 in Syracuse, New York.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
Noun
Canoes can be heard swooshing along, in no particular rush.
—Mike Belleme, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The production design, swooshing across Michael Yeargan and Jake Barton’s set, creates a background blizzard of technological flashes and blips.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swoosh
Verb
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Photos from the scene show heavy flames pouring from an upper window in the yellow house.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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Matthiessen was born in 1927 to a pair of well-off, chronically depressed New Yorkers, people who were more likely to pour a stiff drink or take to their beds than to talk openly about their feelings.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The whoosh of blood circulating around my skull.—
Rosecrans Baldwin,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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A couple more degrees and whoosh.—
Zuzana Říhová,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Kim rushed home to find Kris lying on a stretcher with a neck brace.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Robinson rushed for 170 yards on 19 carries with an 81-yard touchdown that blew this game wide open in favor of the home team.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Messi made a difference from the opening whistle, creating chances time and again.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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Mills, who is Native American and has a substantial Indigenous artifacts collection in his home, had recently been gifted an eagle bone whistle, Sparks says.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Frankenstein Release Date – How To Watch Guillermo del Toro's releases in select theaters from October 17, and will be available to stream on Netflix from November 7, 2025.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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As for which of Sling’s plans is right for you, Sling Orange offers more than 30 channels, as well as the ability to stream on up to one device at a time.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Bengals, meanwhile, have zip-zilch-nada defensively other than Trey Hendrickson, who might not play on a short week with a bad back/hip.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Separately, the National Football League chose Abercrombie & Fitch to be its first ever fashion partner with the retailer carrying merchandise such as mesh T-shirts and half-zip sweaters for each of the 32 NFL teams.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In the 1960s, Jay Sebring made a giant leap from middle-class Michigan boy and Navy veteran to stylist to the stars, tooling around Hollywood in his Shelby Cobra convertible and jetting off to cut the hair of Paul Newman, Frank Sinatra and more.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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As per Union’s Instagram, the couple jetted in for some serious R&R over the weekend.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Swoosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swoosh. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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