SWOOSH

swoosh, whoosh

(noun) the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)

lap, swish, swosh, swoosh

(verb) move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; “The bubbles swoshed around in the glass”; “The curtain swooshed open”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From imitation of the sound

Verb

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

To move with a rushing or swirling sound

Noun

swoosh (plural swooshes)

A swooshing movement or sound

A pattern or logo suggesting a swooshing movement.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

26 January 2025

NEGLECT

(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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