Noun: whoosh woosh
- The noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)
"The whoosh of the rocket's engines filled the air";
- swoosh
- Gush or squirt out
"Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well"
- Move with a rushing or whistling sound
"He whooshed the doors open";
- woosh
- Move with a whooshing sound
"The wind whooshed through the trees";
- hiss
Derived forms: whooshed, whooshes, whooshing
Type of: displace, go, gush, locomote, move, noise, spirt [archaic], spout, spurt, travel
Encyclopedia: Whoosh