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SWOSH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (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 "swosh" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frames:

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

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