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# swoosh

«swoosh» in Mova's school dictionary: **the soft rushing sound of something moving fast through…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a swoosh, swooshes); verb (swoosh, swooshes, swooshed, swooshing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A swoosh is the soft rushing sound of something moving fast through air or water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swoosh/#m1)

2) To swoosh is to move quickly with that sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swoosh/#m2)

3) A swoosh is a curved tick-like shape or line, like a famous sports-shoe logo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swoosh/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and comics, «swoosh» is a sound word (onomatopoeia) for a cape, a sword, a ball, a slide or a fast car. In English lessons, pupils collect sound words like swoosh, splash and bang. Phrases: «with a swoosh», «swoosh past», «swoosh down».

### examples

- The ball went into the net with a swoosh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swoosh/#x1)
- The superhero's cape swooshed as he flew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swoosh/#x2)
- We swooshed down the water slide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swoosh/#x3)
- Swoosh! The bird dived into the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swoosh/#x4)
- The skier swooshed past us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swoosh/#x5)
- The logo is a white swoosh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swoosh/#x6)
- I heard the swoosh of the automatic doors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swoosh/#x7)

### note

Onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like what it means). Regular verb: «swooshed». Informal. Similar sound words: «whoosh», «swish».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «swoosh» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swoosh/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.