swishing
present participle ofswish
swish
verb[IorT]
uk/swɪʃ/us/swɪʃ/to (causeto)movequicklythrough theairmaking asoftsound:
Iheardtheropeswish through theair.
Thehorsesswishedtheirtailsto getridof theflieshoveringaround them.
Synonym
swooshinformal
Movement through the air
- airborne
- buoyantly
- buzz
- flight
- flit
- float
- fly
- glide
- hover
- levitate
- levitation
- mid-air
- non-flying
- soar
- somersault
- swishy
- swoop
- waft
- wheel
- wing
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
Examplesofswishing
swishing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Everything happens with hushed voices, you hear nothing but a whisper here, a quiet snore there, a chair that is moved, theswishingsound of a robe.
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Thisswishingnoise all over the place must cease.
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It sounds as though there is an awful lot of moneyswishingaround unspent.
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I am fortunate enough to possess a motor car which has automatic transmission, and the only noise which it makes in the equivalent of low gear is aswishingnoise.
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Why this restlessswishingof money around the system, taking from one group of unemployed in one town to give it to another group of unemployed in another town?
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He runs sideways along walls, his actions accompanied by staccatoswishingnoises.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, the new graphic motif was a swirling (orswishing) blue line, that was used to represent the spirit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The familiarswishingsound is where the dish gets its name.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Amid explosions andswishingclouds of carbon dioxide he explained the mysteries of chemistry with contagious enthusiasm.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Swishingsounds which were reported came from the aircraft spinning at a high rate due to it only having one wing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The study involved subjectsswishingeither menthol or capsaicin for an extended time at regular intevals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These reproduced sounds can be anything from theswishingof clothing and footsteps to squeaky doors and breaking glass.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Swishingis now being more widely practiced throughout the world, and has evolved to include other items such as books and furniture.
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