WHOOSH

swoosh, whoosh

(noun) the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)

whoosh

(verb) gush or squirt out; “Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well”

hiss, whoosh

(verb) move with a whooshing sound

woosh, whoosh

(verb) move with a sibilant sound; “He whooshed the doors open”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

whoosh (plural whooshes)

A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.

• "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." —Douglas Adams

Verb

whoosh (third-person singular simple present whooshes, present participle whooshing, simple past and past participle whooshed)

To make a breathy sound like a whoosh.

Interjection

whoosh

(sarcastic) Indicating that somebody has missed the point (i.e. it went over their head).

Source: Wiktionary



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