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swooshed

/swʊʃt/ /swuʃt/

Meanings
verb
To move with a rushing or swirling sound

Examples :

"The fishing rod swooshed through the air."
sound action

Related Words

Illustration rod

rod noun

/ɹɒd/ /ɹɑd/

A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.

"The gardener used a long wooden rod to push the weeds away from the flowers. "

Illustration through

through noun

/θɹuː/ /θɹu/

A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.

"The dry-stone wall used a large, flat through to support the top stones. "

Illustration fishing

fishing noun

/ˈfɪʃɪŋ/

The act of catching fish.

"My grandfather enjoys fishing in the lake every weekend. "

Illustration with

with adverb

/wɪθ/ /wɪð/

Along, together with others, in a group, etc.

"Do you want to come with?"

Illustration to

to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

Illustration rushing

rushing verb

/ˈɹʌʃɪŋ/

To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.

"She was rushing to catch the bus and almost dropped her books. "

Illustration the

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration move

move noun

/muːv/

The act of moving; a movement.

"A slight move of the tiller, and the boat will go off course."

Illustration air

air noun

/ˈɛə/ /ˈɛəɹ/

The substance constituting earth's atmosphere, particularly:

"The air in the classroom was thick with the smell of freshly sharpened pencils. "

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or conjunction

/ɔː(ɹ)/ /ɔɹ/ /ɚ/

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either [...] or".

"He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."

Illustration swirling

swirling verb

/ˈswɜːrlɪŋ/ /ˈswɜːlɪŋ/

To twist or whirl, as an eddy.

"I swirled my brush around in the paint."

Illustration sound

sound adjective

/saʊnd/

Healthy.

"He was safe and sound."