swoosh

English

Etymology

From imitation of the sound.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈswʊʃ/

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• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈswʉʃ/
• Rhymes: -ʊʃ

Verb

swoosh (third-person singular simple present swooshes, present participle swooshing, simple past and past participle swooshed)

1. To move with a rushing or swirling sound

   The fishing rod swooshed through the air.

Translations

to move with rushing or swirling sound

• Finnish: viuhua (fi), viuhahtaa (fi), suhahtaa
• German: zischen (de), sausen (de)
• Portuguese: murmurar (pt)
• Russian: проноси́ться со сви́стом impf (pronosítʹsja so svístom), пронести́сь со сви́стом pf (pronestísʹ so svístom)
• Swedish: svischa (sv), susa (sv), vina (sv)

Noun

swoosh (plural swooshes)

1. A swooshing movement or sound
   • 2005, Frank Arricale, Obviously Not Clairvoyant‎^[1], →ISBN, page 209:

     "What the hell is a swoosh?" the McDonald's rep asked. "You know — a swoosh. Like when you go fast. 'Swoosh!'"

2. A pattern or logo suggesting a swooshing movement.
   • 2000, Jack Trout, Steve Rivkin, The Power of Simplicity‎^[2], →ISBN, page 147:

     Even TV announcers at the last Winter Olympics were spotted with a swoosh on their jackets.

   • 2009, Jennifer Visocky O'Grady, Kenneth Visocky O'Grady, A Designer's Research Manual, page 7:

     lf, on the other hand, you're one of the thousands of graphic designers whose education was based primarily in the art department; almost all of your clients have MBAs and neutral blue swoosh logos […]

   • 2011, Carmen Torbus, The Artist Unique, page 39:

     Create various patterns and swooshes in the wet gesso with the old credit card or any other texture tool you choose.

Derived terms

• swooshtika
• swooshy

See also

• swoosh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia