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one of my friends said:

"The swoosh of the shower"

I don't really think it fits the calm sound that could be heard when water is falling in a common shower, listening in the bedroom next door.

What word could be better?

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  • Can you tell us what word you'd use in your native language?
    – James K
    Commented Mar 28, 2018 at 19:37
  • Generally, we would just say the sound of the shower. There is no sound word associated specifically with a shower, since shower is a sound word.
    – Lambie
    Commented Aug 28, 2021 at 21:06

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A couple of suggestions:

The pitter-patter of the shower.

Pitter-patter is more often used for the sound of raindrops, but can easily be extended to include the “artificial rain” of a shower.

The (gentle) splashing of the shower.

Splash is a generic word for the sound of water.

You are asking about onomatopoeia, and this gives a chance to be creative in your use of language. We don't tend to think of onomatopoeia as being “real” words, and you can be fairly creative in making them up.

The shhshhshh of the shower was interrupted by my husband’s out-of-tune singing.

I've italicised word used as sound.

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    showers pittar patter?? The rain yes, feet, yes. But showers?
    – Lambie
    Commented May 2, 2022 at 20:36
  • Depends how strong the shower is - pitter-patter is generally associated with a gentle dropping of water. But it's easily understood even if it's not terribly accurate.
    – Stuart F
    Commented May 1, 2023 at 18:01
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The sound of (the) water running in the shower. To hear the shower running. To hear the water running in the shower, tub or wash basin. For example.

There is no verb for it per se.

Stop running the water in the shower when you are not using it! :)

The sound of a shower running_Spotify

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