Meaning

5 senses

  1. (intransitive)To make a breathy sound like a whoosh.

  2. (ambitransitive)To pass by quickly.

  3. To pass by quickly.

    (ambitransitive, figuratively, intransitive)To happen while bypassing someone's detailed awareness, to have someone miss the point.

  4. (transitive)To cause to pass quickly.

  5. (Multicultural London English, slang, transitive)To kill by gun, to shoot.

More definitions
  • gush or squirt out
  • move with a whooshing sound
  • move with a sibilant sound

Examples

2 sentences

  1. The autumn wind whooshed through the trees.

    deDer Herbstwind rauschte durch die Bäume.

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  2. Ziri blew up the balloon with a loud whoosh.

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Origin

Of imitative origin.

Of imitative origin.

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Forms

whooshes, whooshing, whooshed, whooshed
Base formwhoosh · to whoosh
3rd person singularwhooshes
Present participlewhooshing
Past simplewhooshed
Past participlewhooshed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywhoosh
he, she, itwhooshes

Past simpleLesson

all personswhooshed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave whooshed
he, she, ithas whooshed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill whoosh

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • move with a whooshing sound:hiss
  • move with a sibilant sound:woosh

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whoopwhoopswhopwhopping
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