: a swift or explosive rush
also
: the sound created by such a rush
—often used interjectionally
whooshed; whooshing; whooshes
: to rush past or move explosively
cars whooshing along the expressway
: to move (a person or thing) with or as if with a whoosh
Examples of whoosh in a Sentence
Verb
Cars whooshed along the highway.
Water whooshed down the pipe.
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Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
Ariel remembered telling Maricela to hurry and then feeling a whoosh and hearing a thump behind him.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
Paul Chi, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2024
Cars whooshed past in the morning rush hour on Walt Whitman Bridge.
—Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Who needs words when the soundtrack is flush with the rush of natural sounds – the groan and crack of swaying trees, the whoosh of water.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
Ariel remembered telling Maricela to hurry and then feeling a whoosh and hearing a thump behind him.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
Verb
Since Thursday, the world’s top race car drivers have been whooshing by at more than 200 miles per hour on the iconic Strip, preparing for Saturday night’s competition.
—Paul Chi, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2024
Cars whooshed past in the morning rush hour on Walt Whitman Bridge.
—Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
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“Whoosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whoosh. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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