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Meanings of whoosh in English

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

Move with a sibilant sound.

Synonyms
Examples for "woosh"
Examples for "woosh"
1
Make it all slick, and then make it woosh.
Tono-Bungay
2
The side to side woosh of the shuttle.
Night of Knives
3
And with a woosh, his aura went out.
Sympathy for the devil
4
You get a piece or a series of pieces which explore the theme that we're all doomed and, woosh, we're off.
The Irish Times
5
She clicked a switch and the fireplace wooshed on.
Rogues

Move with a whooshing sound.

Usage of whoosh in English
1
They love to spend long days together, watching the trains whoosh past.
The Daily Telegraph
2
Add the wine and leave it to whoosh and evaporate a bit.
The Guardian
3
The pirate went down with a whoosh of air and lay still.
The Runaway Asteroid
4
To get the whoosh in, I actually shot arrows into a turkey.
Wired
5
I heard a whoosh, a thud, then the object continued thundering downhill.
Speaking in Bones
6
I opened my closet door and let out another whoosh of air.
Hard eight
7
Watching all these amazing guys whoosh by, so fast, in a blur!
The new yorker
8
She listened to her own blood whoosh and pulse behind her ears.
Still alice
9
He doubled over while his breath exploded from him in a whoosh.
Night of Knives
10
It's not the only company trying to deliver tomorrow's whoosh today.
Wired
11
Went to combat infantry school and then, whoosh, Vietnam, he said.
The Guardian
12
I wish they'd been diamonds, he said, all in a whoosh.
With friends like these
13
You should have seen it-theroof fell in and the flames went whoosh!
Evan and elle
14
That whoosh you hear is Tesla's PR team breathing a sigh of relief.
Wired
15
I ripped the shower curtain open and let out a whoosh of air.
Hard eight
16
The slight whoosh of sound each time she pins an insect.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
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Whoosh through the time
Whoosh across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common