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- Dictionarywhoosh/wʊʃ/
verb
- 1. move quickly or suddenly with a rushing sound: "a train whooshed by"
noun
- 1. a sudden movement accompanied by a rushing sound: "there was a big whoosh of air"
exclamation
- 1. used to imitate sudden movement accompanied by a rushing sound: "the starlings gather, then suddenly—whoosh!—flocks rise and swirl"
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a soft sound made by something moving fast through the air or like that made when air is pushed out of something: The train sped through the station with a whoosh. [ S ] a sudden fast movement of a liquid or air: I felt a great whoosh of adrenalin. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sounds made by objects, movement or impact. bang around.
: to rush past or move explosively. cars whooshing along the expressway. transitive verb. : to move (a person or thing) with or as if with a whoosh. Examples of whoosh in a Sentence. Verb Cars whooshed along the highway. Water whooshed down the pipe. Recent Examples on the Web. Noun.
Whoosh definition: a loud, rushing noise, as of air or water. See examples of WHOOSH used in a sentence.
a soft sound made by something moving fast through the air or like that made when air is pushed out of something: The subway train sped through the station with a whoosh. [ S ] a sudden fast movement of a liquid or air: I felt a great whoosh of adrenalin. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sounds made by objects, movement or impact.
Definitions of whoosh. noun. the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid) synonyms: swoosh. see more. verb. move with a sibilant sound. “He whooshed the doors open”. synonyms: woosh.
1.exclamation. People sometimes say ' whoosh ' when they are emphasizing the fact that something happens very suddenly or very fast. [emphasis] Then came the riders amid even louder cheers and whoosh! It was all over. 2.verb. If something whooshes somewhere, it moves there quickly or suddenly. [informal]
n. 1. A sibilant sound: the whoosh of the high-speed elevator. 2. A swift movement or flow; a rush or spurt. intr.v. whooshed, whoosh·ing, whoosh·es also wooshed or woosh·ing or woosh·es. 1. To make a soft sibilant sound. 2. To move or flow swiftly, often when making such a sound. [ Imitative .]
