as in to pour
to flow out in great quantities or with force
water swooshed powerfully from the fire hose
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Recent Examples of swoosh
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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
Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Of the 68 teams in this year’s men’s tournament, 33 wear the Nike swoosh, while another eight are with Nike’s Jordan brand, according to data compiled by Apex Marketing Group.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Verb
The production design, swooshing across Michael Yeargan and Jake Barton’s set, creates a background blizzard of technological flashes and blips.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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
Noun
The actress Leslie Bibb cuts a figure like the aerodynamic swoosh of a Brancusi, or a gazelle.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Of the 68 teams in this year’s men’s tournament, 33 wear the Nike swoosh, while another eight are with Nike’s Jordan brand, according to data compiled by Apex Marketing Group.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swoosh
Verb
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For a man who had crossed an ocean from Calabria, Italy, to build a better life, who had poured himself into his family with tireless devotion, this was a full-circle moment.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Bezos last year poured funds into Figure, a humanoid robot company that says its initial rollout will focus on manufacturers and warehouses, among other business applications.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Rushing by in whooshes of chapters named after Pagnol’s numerous famous plays and films, Chomet conveys in textbook fashion that this is a life worthy of memoir, and worthy of the pleasant story device of little Marcel guiding big Marcel.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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Sixty minutes from busy freeways to lush fairways, from the whoosh of traffic to whispering surf A southern California vacation can be a whirlwind affair, what with the encircling ring of still-life highways clogged by road-ragers at any and all hours of the day.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Questions rushed through my head: What are my clothes going to look like?—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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He was rushed to Lutheran General Hospital, where he was diagnosed with cancer despite having previously had no symptoms.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Any hope the game might present some light relief had dissipated by the final whistle.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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An hour after the final whistle, a police helicopter was still circling above the stadium ordering people through a speaker to promptly exit the parking lot.—
Mark Zeigler,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
Verb
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Seasons 1 and 2 of Shrinking can be streamed on Apple TV+.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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From lightweight Android tablets that handle streaming and scrolling with ease to iPads with all-day battery and enough power to feel like a laptop, there’s something here for every budget.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
26 May 2025
Noun
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Original price: $49.99 Old Navy's Matte one-piece zip swimsuit features a zipper closure on the front and cap sleeves.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
23 May 2025
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Time zips by breezily, the point of view slides around unpredictably, and more than one plot strand is introduced without ever being resolved.—
Peter C. Baker,
New Yorker,
11 May 2025
Verb
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Don’t jet off just yet, though: A slew of new museums, such as the International Museum of Memory and Slavery in Ouidah and Cotonou’s Museum of Contemporary Art, are set to open in the coming year—and will surely be worth the wait.—
Chris Schalkx,
Robb Report,
15 May 2025
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In the days since, we’re seen celebrities nursing sore heads from the after-parties and exiting The Mark and The Carlyle hotels to jet back to LA or their NYC brownstones, or powering through to their other starry engagements.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
9 May 2025
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“Swoosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swoosh. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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