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whoosh

  [hwoosh, hwoosh, woosh, woosh]
Use whoosh in a Sentence
–noun
1. a loud, rushing noise, as of air or water: a great whoosh as the door opened.
–verb (used without object)
2. to move swiftly with a gushing or hissing noise: gusts of wind whooshing through the trees.
–verb (used with object)
3. to move (an object, a person, etc.) with a whooshing motion or sound: The storm whooshed the waves over the road.
Also, woosh.

Origin:
1840–50; imit.
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whoosh   (hwōōsh, wōōsh, hwŏŏsh, wŏŏsh)   
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 also wooshed, whoosh·ing also woosh·ing, whoosh·es also woosh·es

  1. To make a soft sibilant sound.

  2. To move or flow swiftly with or as if with such a sound.


[Imitative.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

whoosh 
1856, of imitative origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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