swoosh
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5.8
- noun
- /swuːʃ/
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soplo
- The next upward swoosh and downward plunge extinguished both candles.
- a rhythmic swoosh
- a loud swoosh
- a soft swoosh
Examples
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The drivers that pack the highway during the season have mostly all just gotten off the slopes, and they have that swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh mentality.
Blog text (13) -
"The door opened somewhere behind Sam with a swoosh only he could hear, and a tension he wasn't aware of drained away.
Fiction book (1992) -
Then a car drove by, its noise a quick swoosh as it passed the house.
Fiction book (1995) -
Seems like you had more reasons than that, 'cause you left so fast there was a cartoon "swoosh" cloud in the doorway.
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They rose with a loud swoosh, cutting into the black sky in a bright arc of light.
Fiction book (1999) -
The fall weather outside, the drumming of the rain on the car's roof, the swoosh of traffic going by, all that made me feel as if I had been in that exact same situation before.
Blog text (11) -
Her senses reported familiar surroundings: sand, sky, stars, and sea; swoosh of cold wind and scent of drying kelp.
Fiction book (2001) -
The ball nudged the back rim, falling through the net with a gentle, satisfying swoosh, and the crowd exploded from their seats.
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What do you do with those quiet, dark moments, just you and the squirmy baby and the swoosh-swoosh of your hands or the creak-creak of the rocker?
Blog text (8) -
As she swung the tennis racket, it created a sharp swoosh through the air.
Synonyms
20
4.2
A sudden rushing sound when air or water moves quickly
7
6.4
A buzzing or hissing sound made by something moving fast through the air
5
9.9
A sudden loud rushing sound made by something moving very fast
1
9.8
A high, sharp sound made when air moves quickly, like an arrow passing
A quiet blowing sound like a small puff
How Loud
Surface Forms
Etymology
Swoosh comes from copying the sound of something moving very fast, just like whoosh. That is why a swoosh is the 'rushing' sound you hear when air, water, or an object passes by.