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whoosh

DEFINITIONS OF: whoosh

1

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

Synonyms:
swoosh
Type of:
noise
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)

v move with a sibilant sound

“He whooshed the doors open”
Synonyms:
woosh
Type of:
displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

v move with a whooshing sound

Synonyms:
hiss
Type of:
go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

v gush or squirt out

“Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well”
Type of:
gush, spirt, spout, spurt
gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
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