woosh

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A form of whoosh — A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.

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Meanings

nounwoosh (plural wooshes)

plural wooshes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of whoosh.
verbwoosh (third-person singular simple present wooshes, present participle wooshing, simple past and past participle wooshed)

present singular third person wooshes · participle present wooshing · participle past wooshed · past wooshed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of whoosh.

    For a while, purple-robed, heel-dangling, I sat on the edge of one of the rude tables, under the wooshing pines.

    1955, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 1, in Lolita

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmove with a sibilant sound

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APA

woosh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woosh

MLA

“woosh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woosh. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woosh,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woosh.

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