swoosh

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verb

ˈswüsh How to pronounce swoosh (audio)
ˈswu̇sh
swooshed; swooshing; swooshes

intransitive verb

1
: to make or move with a rushing sound
a car swooshed by
2
: gush, swirl

transitive verb

: to discharge or transport with a rushing sound

swoosh

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noun

: an act or instance of swooshing

Examples of swoosh in a Sentence

Verb The ball swooshed by my head. water swooshed powerfully from the fire hose
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
His Enquirer assignments included traveling through Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky to ride and rate amusement park roller coasters, meeting new animals at the Cincinnati Zoo and swooshing down slides at water parks. John Johnston, The Enquirer, 18 Jan. 2024 The sequin design featured a plunging neckline and fringe embellishments that swooshed with her every move. Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024 For one of the most exclusive ski experiences, the elegant, all-inclusive Brush Creek Ranch (from $2,147) in south-central Wyoming arranges for llama snowshoeing and day trips to Green Mountain where only 18 guests at a time may swoosh in the sprawling 109 acres of pristine terrain. Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2023 Jenner ended up wearing the black dress under the sparkly mini skirt and swooshed her hips a little bit in front of the camera to show how the skirt swayed. Celeste McCauley, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023 Like its cousin the meringue, a pavlova is made of puffy, cloud-like egg whites, swooshed into sculpture by sugar’s hold—but unlike meringue, a pavlova has a chewy, mallow center and is made at a shareable scale. Lauren Joseph, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2023 For those who remember the heyday of sports coupes, seeing this dark-green beauty swooshing along on a Sunday morning will trigger a tsunami of nostalgia. Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 17 July 2023 Perhaps that’s why The Entity works as a villain, even if the way the movie personifies it with swooshing graphics and eye-like optics is a little hokey. Marah Eakin, WIRED, 12 July 2023 Just swoosh it over your face to stay protected from the sun and mattify shine. April Benshosan, Health, 22 June 2023
Noun
The air, bathed yellow by safe lights, smells of photographic chemicals and is filled with a rhythmic clicking and a shuttling swoosh. Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024 The two tooled around the fictional Southern California burgh of Bay City in a red Ford Gran Torino emblazoned with a giant, Nike-esque swoosh on each side while cracking open cases with the help of their streetwise informant, Huggy Bear (Antonio Fargas). Alex Williams, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024 Air Force Ones, which take the name of the president’s plane, are a Nike high-top created in 1982, an iconic basketball shoe known as the first to display Nike’s famous swoosh. Brian Bushard, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024 Woods returned to golf following his February 2021 car crash and was wearing FootJoy shoes instead of the swoosh. Doug Ferguson, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024 Woods returned from his February 2021 car crash and was wearing FootJoy shoes instead of the swoosh. Doug Ferguson, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024 Speaking of the logo, Woods has traded the famous Nike swoosh for a bare-bones drawing of a tiger with a very specific number of stripes — 15, one for each of the human Tiger’s major championships. Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024 His red shirt with a white Nike swoosh stitched on the left chest became synonymous with the sport’s Sunday afternoons, especially at the annual Masters tournament where Woods won five times wearing the famous outfit. Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024 For nearly three decades, the most iconic sight in golf has been Tiger Woods on a Sunday wearing a red shirt always emblazoned with the same logo: the swoosh. Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Verb

imitative

First Known Use

Verb

1867, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun

1885, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of swoosh was in 1867

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Cite this Entry

“Swoosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoosh. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

swoosh

verb
ˈswüsh,
ˈswu̇sh
: to make or move with a rushing sound
swoosh noun
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