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I think "believe swish" is the right onomatopoeic word for this. It can be used both as a noun and a verb. It is usually used for the sound of movement in air but it applies tois used for the sound of movement in water as well.

The noun definition in OED:

swish vb 1. to move with hissing sound like that produced by a switch or makesimilar slender object moved rapidly through the air or cause to movean object moving swiftly in contact with or make a whistling or hissingwater; movement accompanied by such sound.

The verb definition in OED:

swishintransitive. To move with a swish (see swish n.1 1); to make the sound of an object moving through air or waterexpressed by ‘swish’.


Examples from books: Example usages from books:

The Heart MenderThe Heart Mender by Sally Streib:

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Rainbows of fish swished past me as I glided along.

Silent Victory By Clay Blair

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North Star of Herschel Island - the Last Canadian Arctic Fur Trading Ship By R. Bruce MacDonaldApocalypse Undone: My Survival of Japanese Imprisonment During World War II By Preston John Hubbard:

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Given our position in the convoy, it is clear that the torpedo had swished by our ship by the narrowest of margins.

I think "swish" is the right onomatopoeic word for this. It is usually used for the sound of movement in air but it applies to water as well.

swish vb 1. to move with or make or cause to move with or make a whistling or hissing sound

swish sound of an object moving through air or water


Examples from books:

The Heart Mender by Sally Streib:

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Silent Victory By Clay Blair

enter image description here


North Star of Herschel Island - the Last Canadian Arctic Fur Trading Ship By R. Bruce MacDonald

enter image description here

I believe swish is the right onomatopoeic word. It can be used both as a noun and a verb. It is usually used for the sound of movement in air but it is used for the sound of movement in water as well.

The noun definition in OED:

hissing sound like that produced by a switch or similar slender object moved rapidly through the air or an object moving swiftly in contact with water; movement accompanied by such sound.

The verb definition in OED:

intransitive. To move with a swish (see swish n.1 1); to make the sound expressed by ‘swish’.


Example usages from books:

The Heart Mender by Sally Streib:

Rainbows of fish swished past me as I glided along.

Apocalypse Undone: My Survival of Japanese Imprisonment During World War II By Preston John Hubbard:

Given our position in the convoy, it is clear that the torpedo had swished by our ship by the narrowest of margins.

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I think "swish" is the right onomatopoeic word for this. It is usually used for the sound of movement in air but it applies to water as well.

swish vb 1. to move with or make or cause to move with or make a whistling or hissing sound

swish sound of an object moving through air or water


Examples from books:

The Heart Mender by Sally Streib:

enter image description here


Silent Victory By Clay Blair

enter image description here


North Star of Herschel Island - the Last Canadian Arctic Fur Trading Ship By R. Bruce MacDonald

enter image description here