Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To move with or make a rushing sound.
- v. To flow or swirl copiously.
- v. To cause to move with or make a rushing or swirling sound.
Wiktionary
- v. To move with a rushing or swirling sound
- n. A swooshing movement or sound
- n. A pattern or logo suggesting a swooshing movement.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)
- v. move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
Etymologies
- From imitation of the sound (Wiktionary)
- Imitative. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“On Easter Sunday, the annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel (BYOBW) race will once again swoosh down Lombard Street in San Francisco.”
“The swoosh is the gas, boom is the explosion and run is what you better be doing.”
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“Nike SB Dunk Low Black / Sky Blue: accent around the swoosh is a great addition and the good / evil insole design is not ...”
“All of us are familiar with logos: the Nike "swoosh," McDonald's golden arches, Apple Computer's apple-with-a-bite, Target store's red bullseye.”
“And outside you just sorta hear a "swoosh" sound, when it goes through Epcot you hardly notice it. mike”
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“Created by ad agency Wieden + Kennedy, the tagline, along with the Nike "swoosh," now represent Nike.”
“And most recently, we added the "swoosh" to the web interface, so you could more easily reply.”
“Associated Press Sales of products with the Nike 'swoosh' rose 5.8%.”
The Wall Street Journal: Nike Net Jumps 8.8% on Sales Abroad
“Sales of products with the Nike "swoosh" rose 5.8% to $4.59 billion, while sales at its subsidiaries, which include Converse, Cole Haan and Hurley, fell 4.3% to $564.5 million.”
The Wall Street Journal: Nike Net Jumps 8.8% on Sales Abroad
“Now, Mr. Carter said, he thinks the trend will look like the Nike logo's "swoosh," with a more gradual recovery not taking real hold until 2010.”
The Wall Street Journal: Toyota Says U.S. Sales to Recover Slowly
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘swoosh’.
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Onomatopoetic
words (seemingly) formed in imitation of a natural sound
plash, guff, woof, splash, crash, pow, crack, bang, whoosh, whizz, whallop, fizz and 116 more...
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Russian Doll Words
A Russian Doll word is a word that, when you remove the first and last letters, is either the empty string, or a Russian Doll word. These are all of the 6 or more letter Russian Doll words found in...
waspiness, upraisers, strainers, sporangia, raspiness, prelatess, methanals, gaspiness, washings, uprisers, upraises, upraiser and 2373 more...
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Sounds
words that describe sound
atchoo, atishoo, babble, bam, bay, beep, blast, blather, bleat, bleep, blip, bong and 242 more...
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onomatopoeias (1 syllable)
1 syllable words that mean what they sound like.
(dictionaried or un-dictionaried words | onomatopoeic in nature)
onomatopoeias (2 syllable) | onomatopoeias (3+ syllables)
gush, buzz, pop, woof, boo, bam, bang, bash, bump, clang, clap, click and 102 more...
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sound (loud)
words for loud sounds
( open list, descriptive, randomness )
also see:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/onomatopo...crash, thud, bump, thump, boom, smash, explode, roar, scream, screech, short, yell and 168 more...
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
fetid, mezzanine, hiatus, austerity, subliminal, resplendent, implacable, impugn, debase, exiguous, cirque, holster and 2538 more...
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1
horizon, echo, undulation, resonance, reflection, acoustic, swoosh, distant, glide, interspace, marbles, radiant and 144 more...
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ideas out loud
bandwagon, middle, via, web, fly, thru, safety, thor, swoosh, top, network effect, matrix and 200 more...
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Words That Populate My Mind
This is a collection of words I love, old ones that I love the sound of when I repeat them for years and new ones coined in news articles on up and coming trends and technologies - most of them I k...
aroma, mojo, blithely, fringe, fray, synchronicity, doublespeak, buzzword, thoughtcrime, portmanteau, newspeak, oldspeak and 963 more...
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do the locomotion
Ways of walking, running, skipping, etc. Not included: assisted locomotion (riding, driving, boating). These verbs should more or less fit the paradigm: She _______ (her way) into/out of/through/ar...
stagger, stumble, dart, dash, run, walk, mince, sashay, strut, stride, move, go and 108 more...
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Kapow! (I'm Batman)
Sound effects from the show. Swiped from here: http://www.batmania.com.ar/paginas/serie_onomatopeyas_cantidad.htm
aieee, aiieee, awk, awkkkkkk, bam, bang, bang-eth, bap, biff, bloop, blurp, boff and 69 more...
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Sounds like it
Onomatopoeia that's also an English word (not too much sound symbolism, like "ta" or "ting")
bang, clang, slam, clop, fizz, swish, whoosh, puff, blare, buzz, chatter, chirp and 16 more...
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jenniigurll's list
Words that you lovvee!!!!
goggle, swoosh, blah, wordie, crazy, love, criss angel, mindfreak, illusion, magic, music
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shineyquarter's Words
onomatopoeia, lurk, shiny, fishy, wikipedia, umbrella, swoosh, squee, ambrosia, flummery, woot
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Onomatopoeia
Why doesn't that word sound like what it's describing?
boom, splash, sizzle, blam, whap, whomp, pow, poof, crash, screech, whimper, bang and 20 more...
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docflo's Words
contraption, cuss, knickers, asparagus, retina, imponderabilia, gaseous, onomatopoetic, zig-zag, leftism, tmesis, tardy and 16 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for swoosh.
lleyke That's an excellent word! Dec 6, 2006