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
Roger Sands, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Canoes can be heard swooshing along, in no particular rush.
—Mike Belleme, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Shea Simmons, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The Nike swoosh has been replaced by the Kobe Sheath logo on the chest, and the shirt’s fabric has a snakeskin texture in keeping with Bryant’s Black Mamba nickname.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
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Verb
At one time or another all serious skiers dream of swooshing down the vast, extreme terrain of the Swiss Alps.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Canoes can be heard swooshing along, in no particular rush.
—Mike Belleme, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
In fact, the only obvious difference is the missing swoosh.
—Shea Simmons, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The Nike swoosh has been replaced by the Kobe Sheath logo on the chest, and the shirt’s fabric has a snakeskin texture in keeping with Bryant’s Black Mamba nickname.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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swoosh
Verb
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As champagne sprayed atop the podium, Max Verstappen crossed the stage to pour his bottle on Kimi Antonelli, the two drivers smiling as the doused each other.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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The eerie clip features narration from Cale as Charli awakens in a gloomy house and pours hot candle wax on her body.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
10 Nov. 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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Eventually, another referee rushed to the ring, nearly giving Cena a pinfall win after a move.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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But with legal developments, rushing to publish can lead to out-of-context assertions or worse.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The redshirt sophomore slowed up to force contact with a trailing Ewin near midcourt and later flung his body on Ewin’s screen for an offensive whistle.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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However, in hindsight, having a whistle—something Dyason never hikes without—would have been much more effective.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Check out these holiday movies and other popular films streaming on Samsung TV Plus in November and December.—
Caitlin White,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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All four episodes of Death of Lightning are now streaming on Netflix.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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His keen playful writing combines magical realism, genre-busting humor, literary zip—and there are few people better suited to adapting Wilder than Ethan Lipton.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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This full-zip sherpa jacket is a must purchase for travelers who put warmth at the top of their priority list when picking out outfits for an upcoming trip.—
Michelle Baricevic,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Eric officially booked the movie part and jetted off to the set to start filming.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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Probably nothing much to a regular moviegoer who’s not getting the chance to jet off to Europe to see things weeks to — in the case of Berlin or Cannes, which was very good this year — months early.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Swoosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swoosh. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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