WHOOSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whoosh mean? 

• WHOOSH (noun)
  The noun WHOOSH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: WHOOSH used as a noun is very rare.

• WHOOSH (verb)
  The verb WHOOSH has 3 senses:

1. move with a sibilant sound

2. move with a whooshing sound

3. gush or squirt out

  Familiarity information: WHOOSH used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHOOSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

swoosh; whoosh

Hypernyms ("whoosh" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

• WHOOSH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they whoosh    ... he / she / it whooshes   
Past simple: whooshed   
Past participle: whooshed   
-ing form: whooshing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move with a sibilant sound

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

whoosh; woosh

Context example:

He whooshed the doors open

Hypernyms (to "whoosh" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move with a whooshing sound

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

hiss; whoosh

Hypernyms (to "whoosh" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Gush or squirt out

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well

Hypernyms (to "whoosh" is one way to...):

gush; spirt; spout; spurt (gush forth in a sudden stream or jet)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP