swooshv.
/swuːʃ/, /swʊʃ/, U.S. /swuʃ/ intransitive. To make a noise expressed by the syllable ‘swoosh’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [verb (intransitive)] > rushing sibilant sound > swish
whish1565
whush1581
swish1756
whoosh1856
swoosh1867
hish1893
shush1975
1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling ix. 283 When I hear an angler's rod ‘swooshing’ through the air.
1906 Daily Chron. 20 Aug. 4/4 The sea swooshed along the groynes and revetments.
Derivatives
swoosh n. such a noise, or movement accompanied by such a noise.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > [noun] > swishing or swooshing
swish1820
swish, swish1833
swishing1860
whoosh1880
swoosh1885
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [noun] > rushing sibilant sound > swish
whish1808
swish1820
swish, swish1833
swishing1860
whoosh1880
swoosh1885
wheep1891
hish1893
whooshing1976
1885 Chambers's Jrnl. 12 Sept. 578/2 Great foam-crested billows..passing harmlessly under her stern with a swoosh.
1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 252 The next instant a dark object fell with a swoosh and a thump in the bottom of the trench.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
swooshint.adv.
/swuːʃ/, /swʊʃ/, U.S. /swuʃ/ An exclamation representing a rushing sound or movement, esp. through the air. Also as adv., with a ‘swoosh’.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > [adverb] > with swishing or swooshing
swish-swash1865
swoosh1924
swooshy1967
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > [interjection] > swishing or swooshing
swoosh1924
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adverb] > rushing sibilant sound
swoosh1924
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [interjection] > swish
whish1535
swish, swish1833
swish1837
shshsh1847
swoosh1924
1924 Dial. Notes 5 258 Articulate interjections..swoosh (rustling).
1939 J. Masefield Live & Kicking Ned 310 I dipped it [sc. the bucket] into the conduit and flung its contents swoosh into the blaze.
1977 Washington Post 3 June b3/1 I get outside and, swoosh, man, I'm traveling at something approaching the speed of sound.
1989 Best of Topper vi. 33 Swoosh! The water came blasting so fiercely from the nozzle that it knocked Dad flat on his face!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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v.1867
int.adv.1924