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whoosh

[ woosh, woosh, hwoosh, hwoosh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

to move swiftly with a gushing or hissing noise:
gusts of wind whooshing through the trees.

to move (an object, a person, etc.) with a whooshing motion or sound:
The storm whooshed the waves over the road.

whoosh

/ wʊʃ /

Origin of whoosh¹

First recorded in 1840–50; imitative

Then with a whoosh in came Elliott Woods, the contributor of a piece titled “Veterans of a Foreign War.”

The surf was not very high this time,—just waves that went whoosh and then pulled the pebbles back with a nice scrawpy sound.

Late in the day, he felt rather than heard the soundless whoosh of the construction machinery.

A little one, like the crack of a distant artillery piece in the mountains and then a louder, deep-toned whoosh of a noise.

Those trees are always sigh-sigh-sighing—more of a sigh than a sough or the 'whoosh' of gum-trees in the wind.

Before he could examine it, or move toward the door, Penny, with a mighty “whoosh” blew out the candle.

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