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  • adjective Like or suggesting a swooshing sound or movement.

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Examples

  • WILL GRAHAM, CNN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Well, we really do look at you guys as an inspiration for our graphics, our kind of swooshy sound effects, our over the top bombastic music.

    CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2009 2009

  • GRAHAM: Well, we really do look at you guys as an inspiration for our graphics, our kind of swooshy sound effects, our over the top bombastic music.

    CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2009 2009

  • I used the Cutter kit to create the "swooshy" cut at the bottom of the card.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Sarah Moore 2007

  • I used the Cutter kit to create the "swooshy" cut at the bottom of the card.

    Revisiting Retro! Sarah Moore 2007

  • That means, don't expect the whole BlackBerry experience to be completely upended and revamped in some kind of swooshy mock-Android/iPhone fireworks show.

    IntoMobile Simon Sage 2010

  • And so it is with his debut solo album, "Familial" (Nonesuch), a muted, stripped-down disc that limits percussion to simple rhythms and swooshy loops.

    Radiohead's Selway Explores a New Station in Life Jim Fusilli 2010

  • You would think that a movie that profiles the brutal gang culture of Mexico — where initiation involves getting the crap kicked out of you by fellow members and being forced to kill someone — would be full of hip, quick-cut transitions and hyper-charged with swooshy sound effects and showy pans.

    “Sin Nombre” a stirring tale of hardship » Scene-Stealers 2009

  • Her cell was making a swooshy noise; probably she was moving to a Mrs. Guptil–free location.

    THIS IS ME FROM NOW ON BARBARA DEE 2010

  • Her cell was making a swooshy noise; probably she was moving to a Mrs. Guptil–free location.

    THIS IS ME FROM NOW ON BARBARA DEE 2010

  • Her cell was making a swooshy noise; probably she was moving to a Mrs. Guptil–free location.

    THIS IS ME FROM NOW ON BARBARA DEE 2010

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