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Noun: whoosh  woosh
  1. 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
Verb: whoosh  woosh
  1. Gush or squirt out
    "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well"
     
  2. Move with a rushing or whistling sound
    "He whooshed the doors open";
    - woosh
     
  3. 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