as in to whistle
to move very quickly with the sound of quickly flowing air or water
Cars whooshed along the highway. Water whooshed down the pipe.
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Recent Examples of whoosh
Demarco Williams, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
Riding my bike as a kid, my bowl cut whooshed in the hot Tennessee air.
—Raleigh McCool, Longreads, 5 Sep. 2024
Stephen Busemeyer, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2024
As Sharp rushed down to the shore, she was overcome by the sudden sound of dolphins breathing—a forceful whoosh in and out that seemed to come from all sides.
—Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 19 July 2024
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Verb
There aren’t any cruise ships in the distance and no loud jet skis whooshing by your window.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
Riding my bike as a kid, my bowl cut whooshed in the hot Tennessee air.
—Raleigh McCool, Longreads, 5 Sep. 2024
Noun
There are also holy grails in the world of effects pedals — the devices that can radically change the sound of any guitar rig by adding echoes, howls, snarls, whooshes and whirls with a stomp of the foot.
—Stephen Busemeyer, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2024
As Sharp rushed down to the shore, she was overcome by the sudden sound of dolphins breathing—a forceful whoosh in and out that seemed to come from all sides.
—Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 19 July 2024
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Verb
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After a warm welcome, you’ll be led down a winding brick pathway dotted with bougainvillea to one of ten private red and white bungalows, each decked out with a full kitchen, comfy beds, and a balcony that’s perfect for star gazing and listening to the whistling tree frogs.Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Emmett Till was the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi.Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
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They’re highly rated and the pink swoosh adds just a touch of whimsy to an otherwise simple shoe.Maggie Horton, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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Nike muscled into the sport with the stamp of a swoosh on the front of every jersey, but those jerseys were, in nearly every other way, the Majestic template.Stephen J. Nesbitt, The Athletic, 4 Apr. 2024
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My cousin, for example, lives with four other twenty-somethings in a messy, buzzing apartment that’s not so different from college.Ivy Becker, StyleCaster, 13 Dec. 2024
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The globe’s biggest Afropop stars throw their own shows back home or headline massive festivals, events of all kinds abound, beaches get packed out with buzzing groups of friends and family, and for many, schools close, work slows, and the joyful gatherings seem never ending.Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
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The front slanted pockets and back zip pocket can carry wallets, shades, and phones.Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
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This genius pair from Merrell zips together for easy transport.Lauren Mazzo, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2024
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The room seemed to hum with the cacophony of love stories converging in one place.Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
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The stage was right in front of the chamfered corner of the Majestic Hotel & Spa Barcelona, a reminder that one of the city’s most historic and celebrated hotels continues to hum as ever before.John Oseid, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Whoosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whoosh. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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