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WHOOSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whoosh mean? 

WHOOSH (noun)
  The noun WHOOSH has 1 sense:

1. the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)play

  Familiarity information: WHOOSH used as a noun is very rare.


WHOOSH (verb)
  The verb WHOOSH has 3 senses:

1. move with a sibilant soundplay

2. move with a whooshing soundplay

3. gush or squirt outplay

  Familiarity information: WHOOSH used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHOOSH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

swoosh; whoosh

Hypernyms ("whoosh" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))


WHOOSH (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they whoosh  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it whooshes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: whooshed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: whooshed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: whooshing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Move with a sibilant sound

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

whoosh; woosh

Context example:

He whooshed the doors open

Hypernyms (to "whoosh" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Move with a whooshing sound

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

hiss; whoosh

Hypernyms (to "whoosh" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP


Sense 3

Meaning:

Gush or squirt out

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well

Hypernyms (to "whoosh" is one way to...):

gush; spirt; spout; spurt (gush forth in a sudden stream or jet)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP


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