: 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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Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
Residents heard the whoosh and watched as a missile slammed into the bottom of the multistory building, which then sank to the ground, a huge plume of gray smoke rising and debris flying after the strike.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Oct. 2024
It’s been four years since the water whooshed away.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 22 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Ariel remembered telling Maricela to hurry and then feeling a whoosh and hearing a thump behind him.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
Residents heard the whoosh and watched as a missile slammed into the bottom of the multistory building, which then sank to the ground, a huge plume of gray smoke rising and debris flying after the strike.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
Verb
But there is no better symbol of Copenhagen than the bicyclists perpetually whooshing through its streets, forcing you to leap out of the way.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Oct. 2024
It’s been four years since the water whooshed away.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 22 Sep. 2024
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“Whoosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whoosh. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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