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🌬️ A rushing sound 💨 To move fast
to whoosh

to whoosh

13 4.5
To move very quickly and make a rushing sound
  • verb
  • /wuːʃ/
translation icon : pasar zumbando
  • Caroline gets onto the bus, the doors close, whoosh, and the bus pulls away.
  • air whooshed
  • door whooshed
  • car whooshed

It just kind of like whooshes on and looks so eye opening and brightening and beautiful.

Examples

  • The house crackles behind us, water whooshing at it from the firemen on the ground.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • One wild bullet whooshed through my hair near the right side of my skull.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Yeah, we're gonna whoosh you back home and we'll go make some breakfast.

  • All of a sudden, whoosh, everybody attacks.

  • And you light one on fire and whoosh, it just explodes.

  • Dan saw harsh yellowish flames come whooshing up from below the ground.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The hydraulic doors whooshed shut and the bus huffed away from the curb.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Jeff swerves onto the far shoulder as the RV whooshes past in the opposite direction, horn blaring.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • As the rollercoaster reached the highest point, it whooshed down the track, thrilling the riders.

  • The arrow whooshed through the air and hit the target with precision.

Synonyms

to whistle
vsto whoosh
27 3.3

To move quickly while making a high whistling sound

is a general rushing tone rather than a mainly high pitched causative sound
to swish
vsto whoosh
20 4.1

To move with a soft hissing or rustling sound in a smooth sweep

is more about a plain rushing sound than a smooth sweeping motion
to swoosh
vsto whoosh
3 5.6

To move quickly and make a soft rushing sound

is focused on moving quickly itself rather than causing another object
to whiz
vsto whoosh
  • US
1 4.5

To move very quickly, often making a humming or hissing sound

is more about a rushing sibilant or high pitched tone rather than buzzing
to zing
vsto whoosh
1 5.1

To move quickly while making a short, sharp sound

is more about a broad rushing tone rather than sharp energetic noise
to whizz along
vsto whoosh
  • UK
1 5.1

To move very fast, often making a soft rushing sound like a car or train

is louder and more forceful in its rushing sound rather than light
to woosh
vsto whoosh
  • Informal
7.9

To move very quickly and make a rushing sound

is the same meaning but spelled differently in some forms
to voom
vsto whoosh
9.9

To move very quickly and make a rushing sound

is less about smooth motion and more about general rushing sound
to whush
vsto whoosh
  • UK
8.6

To move quickly while making a soft rushing sound

is louder and more forceful rather than soft or gentle in sound
to whish
vsto whoosh
8.2

To move quickly while making a soft rushing sound

is usually a stronger quick rush rather than a soft sweeping motion
to swosh
vsto whoosh
9.6

To move with a soft hissing or whooshing sound

is often faster and gives a stronger rushing tone than this form
to whiffle
vsto whoosh
7.3

To move or blow gently, making a soft rustling sound

is more forceful and louder rather than light gusts or rustles
to wiffle
vsto whoosh
8.4

To make a soft swishing sound when something moves quickly through the air

is louder and more rapid rather than merely soft or airy movement sound

How Fast

to zoom
26 1.3
to whoosh
13 4.5
to run
∞ 1.0
to walk
∞ 1.0
to creep
155 2.5

Surface Forms

whoosh infinitive
whooshed past
whooshed past participle
whooshing present participle
whooshes third person singular

Etymology

Whoosh is a sound word that copies the rush of air, like the sound in swoosh and swish. So to whoosh as a verb is to move very quickly and make that 'rushing sound'.