swooshed; swooshing; swooshes
: to discharge or transport with a rushing sound
Examples of swoosh in a Sentence
Verb
The ball swooshed by my head.
water swooshed powerfully from the fire hose
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Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2026
But it can easily be lifted away, swooshed through the air, and opened up to be interacted with.
—Kim Snaith, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
McDonald’s has its golden arches, Nike the swoosh and Walt Disney a castle – symbols of their iconic status in American life.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Script is finding new life in after-school clubs where students can learn to loop and swoosh their handwriting.
—Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2026
But it can easily be lifted away, swooshed through the air, and opened up to be interacted with.
—Kim Snaith, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Noun
The Dukes, who played their first football game in 1972 and joined the FBS a whopping three years ago, will play at Oregon, which has been funded largely by a Nike swoosh created a year before JMU football came into existence.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
McDonald’s has its golden arches, Nike the swoosh and Walt Disney a castle – symbols of their iconic status in American life.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Swoosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoosh. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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