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SWOOSH

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

swoosh; whoosh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("swoosh" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound

Example:

The curtain swooshed open

Synonyms:

lap; swish; swoosh; swosh

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "swoosh" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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