noun
Meaning 1
A swooshing movement or sound
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
swoosh
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈswʊʃ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈswʉʃ/
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rhymes with -ʊʃ
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CMU ARPABET: S W UW1 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A pattern or logo suggesting a swooshing movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A presentation of a sauce, purée or other food item, which is placed in a dollop and smeared across the plate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: smear
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To move with a rushing or swirling sound
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The fishing rod swooshed through the air.
- skiers swooshing through the snow
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: whoosh
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: noise
verb
Meaning 6
move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The bubbles swoshed around in the glass
- The curtain swooshed open
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lap, swish, swosh
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound, go
History
Etymology
From imitation of the sound.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: viuhua — to move with rushing or swirling sound
- Finnish: viuhahtaa — to move with rushing or swirling sound
- Finnish: suhahtaa — to move with rushing or swirling sound
- German: zischen — to move with rushing or swirling sound
- German: sausen — to move with rushing or swirling sound
- Portuguese: murmurar — to move with rushing or swirling sound
- Russian: проноси́ться со сви́стом (pronosítʹsja so svístom) — to move with rushing or swirling sound
- Russian: пронести́сь со сви́стом (pronestísʹ so svístom) — to move with rushing or swirling sound
- Swedish: svischa — to move with rushing or swirling sound
- Swedish: susa — to move with rushing or swirling sound
- Swedish: vina — to move with rushing or swirling sound