whoosh

POS

Noun, Verb (intransitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun whoosh has 1 sense

whoosh(n = noun.event) swoosh - the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid); Array

is a kind of noise

Verb whoosh has 3 senses

whoosh(v = verb.motion) woosh - move with a sibilant sound; "He whooshed the doors open"

is one way to displace, move

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

whoosh(v = verb.motion) hiss - move with a whooshing sound; Array

is one way to go, locomote, move, travel

Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

whoosh(v = verb.motion) Array - gush or squirt out; "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well"

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

whoosh, v., n., & int. (also woosh)
--v.intr. & tr. move or cause to move with a rushing sound.
--n. a sudden movement accompanied by a rushing sound.
--int. an exclamation imitating this.

Etymology

imit.

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THESAURUS

whoosh

assibilate, assibilation, buzz, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, frication, frictional rustling, hiss, hissing, hush, hushing, lisp, rhonchus, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, spit, splutter, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor, swish, wheeze, whish, whisper, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, zip