whoosh (redirected from whooshing)

whoosh  (hwsh, wsh, hwsh, wsh) also woosh (wsh, wsh)

n.

1. A sibilant sound: the whoosh of the high-speed elevator.

2. A swift movement or flow; a rush or spurt.

intr.v. whooshed also wooshed, whoosh·ing also woosh·ing, whoosh·es also woosh·es

1. To make a soft sibilant sound.

2. To move or flow swiftly with or as if with such a sound.

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[Imitative.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	whoosh - the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid) swoosh noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
Verb	1.	whoosh - move with a sibilant sound; "He whooshed the doors open" woosh move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
	2.	whoosh - move with a whooshing sound hiss go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
	3.	whoosh - gush or squirt out; "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well" gush, spirt, spout, spurt - gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"

Translations

whoosh [wuʃ] n it came out with a whoosh [sauce etc] → salió todo de repente; [air] → salió con mucho ruido

whoosh [wuʃ] vi the skiers whooshed past → les skieurs passèrent dans un glissement rapide

whoosh [wuʃ] vi to whoosh along/past/down → entlang-/vorbei-/hinuntersausen n → Sausen nt;

the skiers whooshed past, skiers came by with a whoosh → die Skifahrer sausten vorbei

whoosh [wuʃ] n it came out with a whoosh [sauce etc] → è uscito di getto; [air] → è uscito con un sibilo