swoosh
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English
Etymology
From imitation of the sound.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈswʊʃ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (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)
Translations
to move with rushing or swirling sound
Noun
swoosh (plural swooshes)
- A swooshing movement or sound
- 2005, Frank Arricale, Obviously Not Clairvoyant, →ISBN, page 209:
- "What the hell is a swoosh?" the McDonald's rep asked. "You know — a swoosh. Like when you go fast. 'Swoosh!'"
- A pattern or logo suggesting a swooshing movement.
- 2000, Jack Trout, Steve Rivkin, The Power of Simplicity, →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.
