whoosh(n = noun.event) swoosh - the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid);
is a kind of noise
1. whoosh(v = verb.motion) woosh - move with a sibilant sound; "He whooshed the doors open"
is one way to displace, move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
2. whoosh(v = verb.motion) hiss - move with a whooshing sound;
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
3. whoosh(v = verb.motion) - gush or squirt out; "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well"
is one way to gush, spirt, spout, spurt
Sample sentences:
Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
whoosh, v., n., & int. (also woosh)
--v.intr. & tr. move or cause to move with a rushing sound.
--n. a sudden movement accompanied by a rushing sound.
--int. an exclamation imitating this.
Etymology:
imit.