whoosh

Whoosh is defined as to move fast, or to make the sound of something whirling through the air.

(verb)

An example of whoosh is for a basketball to whizz by someone's face.

The definition of a whoosh is a sound of whirling air.

(noun)

An example of a whoosh is the sound of a breeze quickly passing by.

See whoosh in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

to make the quick, hissing, or rushing sound of something moving swiftly through the air
to move swiftly with or as with this sound: rockets whooshed by

Origin: echoic

transitive verb

to cause to whoosh

noun

a whooshing sound or movement

interjection

See whoosh in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

intransitive verb whooshed also wooshed, whoosh·ing also woosh·ing, whoosh·es also woosh·es

Origin:

Origin: Imitative

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