whoosh
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʍʊʃ/, /wʊʃ/, /ʍuːʃ/, /wuːʃ/
whoosh (plural whooshes)
- A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.
- The snow burst through the trees with no warning but a last-second whoosh of sound, a two-story wall of white and Chris Rudolph’s piercing cry: “Avalanche! Elyse!”
- "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." —Douglas Adams
- French: sifflement
whoosh (whooshes, present participle whooshing; past and past participle whooshed)
- To make a breathy sound like a whoosh.
- (sarcastic) Indicating that somebody has missed the point (i.e. it went over their head).
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