swooshing
present participle ofswoosh
swoosh
verb[I]
informaluk/swuːʃ/us/swuːʃ/to make thesoundofairorwaterthat ismovingquickly
Synonym
swish
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- bong
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
Examplesofswooshing
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Growling very often occurs in combination with other sounds, and has been observed almost exclusively inswooshingnoises (similar to barking).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The consequent of the second period contains a brilliantlyswooshing, widely positioned arpeggio for both hands (bars 79 - 83) and is pianistically attractive.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Australian dingoes bark only inswooshingnoises or in a mixture atonal/tonal.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Goldsmith also incorporated a number of zipping,swooshingsynthesizers into the conventional orchestra to illustrate the suspenseful and horrific elements of the story.
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