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Meanings of woosh in English

Move with a sibilant sound.

Synonyms
Examples for "whoosh"
Examples for "whoosh"
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
Usage of woosh in English
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
6
Woosh is the word, George.
Tono-Bungay
7
"Woosh!" he said and the news truck exploded up into the air.
Masked
8
It says nearly all of Woosh's fixed-line and wireless customers will move over to Slingshot, which will take about three months.
Radio NZ
9
Spark has also agreed to acquire a block of radio spectrum from Craig Wireless, and its related company Woosh, for $9 million.
Radio NZ
10
"Woosh!" he cried, as the resistance gave.
The History of Mr. Polly
11
"George," he said, "if you pull this thing off-Onceor twice before you've stepped in-withthat sort of Woosh of yours-"
Tono-Bungay
Frequent collocations
Woosh through the time