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Definition of Swoosh
1. Noun. The noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid).
2. Verb. Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound. "The curtain swooshed open"
Definition of Swoosh
1. Verb. To move with a rushing or swirling sound ¹
2. Noun. A swooshing movement or sound ¹
3. Noun. A pattern or logo suggesting a swooshing movement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swoosh
1. to move with a rustling sound [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swoosh
Literary usage of Swoosh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. With Three Armies on and Behind the Western Front by Arthur Stanley Riggs (1918)
"... and a second sheet of flaming gas and sparks licked out with a vicious, curling
vehemence: the backfire. Through the air shrieked the shell—swoosh- ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1909)
"We will turn da old switch, Nomber 20 she run on da siding—an' swoosh ! into da
river !" Run the Accommodation into the river ! Alex almost cried aloud. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1892)
"... the muscles of his arms will grow rigid as he raises the club to the swing:
it makes a discordant swoosh through the air, like the rod of an unskilful ..."
4. A Very Public Offering: A Rebel's Story of Business Excess, Success, and by Stephan Paternot, Andrew Essex (2001)
"Working together would have been the most lethal combination. They wore such
crisp suits you could hear them coming by the swoosh of their pants. VI IV. ..."
5. Panama Adventure Guide by Patricia Katzman (2004)
"When you reach the take-off point at top of the ridge, your guides help you into
a harness and give instructions on how to control your speed as you swoosh ..."
6. With Three Armies on and Behind the Western Front by Arthur Stanley Riggs (1918)
"... and a second sheet of flaming gas and sparks licked out with a vicious, curling
vehemence: the backfire. Through the air shrieked the shell—swoosh- ..."
7. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1909)
"We will turn da old switch, Nomber 20 she run on da siding—an' swoosh ! into da
river !" Run the Accommodation into the river ! Alex almost cried aloud. ..."
8. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1892)
"... the muscles of his arms will grow rigid as he raises the club to the swing:
it makes a discordant swoosh through the air, like the rod of an unskilful ..."
9. A Very Public Offering: A Rebel's Story of Business Excess, Success, and by Stephan Paternot, Andrew Essex (2001)
"Working together would have been the most lethal combination. They wore such
crisp suits you could hear them coming by the swoosh of their pants. VI IV. ..."
10. Panama Adventure Guide by Patricia Katzman (2004)
"When you reach the take-off point at top of the ridge, your guides help you into
a harness and give instructions on how to control your speed as you swoosh ..."
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