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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)
Familiarity information: WHOOSH used as a noun is very rare.
• WHOOSH (verb)
The verb WHOOSH has 3 senses:
2. move with a whooshing sound
Familiarity information: WHOOSH used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
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))
Conjugation: |
Past simple: whooshed
Past participle: whooshed
-ing form: whooshing
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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