Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic

Verb edit

svischa (present svischar, preterite svischade, supine svischat, imperative svischa)

  1. to swish, to swoosh (make or move with a sound somewhere between a whiz and a whoosh)
    1. to whiz, to whoosh (sometimes more idiomatic in English)
      Cyklar svischade förbi
      Bikes whizzed by
      Bilar svischade förbi
      Cars whooshed by
  2. Misspelling of swisha.

Usage notes edit

"Svoscha" also occurs spontaneously, with the same intuition as for "swoosh."

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