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whoosh
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
- whoosh(v = verb.motion) hiss - move with a whooshing sound; Array is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
- whoosh(v = verb.motion) Array - gush or squirt out; "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well" is one way to gush, spirt, spout, spurt
Sample sentence:
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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.
--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.
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
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