swooshed

verb

past tense of swoosh
as in poured
to flow out in great quantities or with force water swooshed powerfully from the fire hose

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Recent Examples of swooshed 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 As Ger stood by, the panels swooshed open and a kid with a skateboard walked in. — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2025 Lately, guests at top-tier resorts around the world have been given plenty of opportunities to experience such transformations—or, at the very least, to feel nurtured and relaxed while being gently swooshed and stretched. — Flora Tsapovsky, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swooshed
  1. poured
  2. rushed
Verb
  • Tributes poured in across the soccer world following the news.
    — Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • But now, as the sun poured through the third-floor atrium of the Bloom Center, Riley couldn’t help but point out the symbolism of such an ambitious undertaking actually coming to life.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of poured
Verb
  • Flooding pours into Indiana homes and businesses Photos and videos out of Indiana show scenes of destruction as floodwater rushed into homes and businesses, leaving them in shambles.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Freeman decided to get up anyway, and the Dodgers' training staff rushed across the field to check on him.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of rushed

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“Swooshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swooshed. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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