🤫 Be quiet 🤫 To silence 🌬️ A soft sound 🍃 To move quickly

to whush

8.6

To move quickly while making a soft rushing sound

verb
/wʌʃ/

: susurrar

A train whushed past the station, startling the waiting passengers.

Examples

The wind whushed through the trees.
She heard the water whush through the pipes after turning on the tap.
The leaves whushed across the pavement as the wind picked up.
The bird whushed past my head.
The leaves whushed across the pavement as the wind picked up.
A train whushed past the station, startling the waiting passengers.
The wind whushed through the trees.

Synonyms

to whistle

vsto whush

27 3.3

To move quickly while making a high whistling sound

is lower and more of a gentle quiet rush

to zoom

vsto whush

26 1.3

To move very quickly, often making a low buzzing sound

is less mechanical and gives a softer natural rush

to swish

vsto whush

20 4.1

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

is less hissing and more about a soft quick rush

to whirr

vsto whush

16 6.7

To make a soft, steady buzzing sound often from things that move fast like fan blades

is brief and gives a short, soft rushing sound

to whoosh

vsto whush

13 4.5

To move very quickly and make a rushing sound

is softer and makes a gentle quiet rushing sound

to swoosh

vsto whush

3 5.6

To move quickly and make a soft rushing sound

is milder and produces a soft, subtle rush

to whiz

vsto whush

1 4.5

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

is quieter and focuses on a soft, low rushing sound

to zing

vsto whush

1 5.1

To move quickly while making a short, sharp sound

is calmer and produces a milder, softer rush

to whizz along

vsto whush

1 5.1

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

is quieter and stresses a gentle flowing rush

to woosh

vsto whush

Informal

7.9

To move very quickly and make a rushing sound

is gentler and gives a softer, quieter rush

to whish

vsto whush

8.2

To move quickly while making a soft rushing sound

is gentler and focuses on a soft lightweight rush

to voom

vsto whush

9.9

To move very quickly and make a rushing sound

is softer and emphasizes a delicate rushing effect

to whizzle

vsto whush

9.5

To make a high, sharp sound while moving quickly through the air

is lower and produces a soft gentle rushing noise

to swosh

vsto whush

9.6

To move with a soft hissing or whooshing sound

is subtler and gives a soft, even rushing effect

to whiffle

vsto whush

7.3

To move or blow gently, making a soft rustling sound

is steadier and focuses on a continuous gentle rush

to wiffle

vsto whush

8.4

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

is fuller and gives a rounder, gentler rushing sound

to whiff

vsto whush

6.9

To move something quickly by a short gust of air

is more continuous and creates a steady soft rushing sound

Antonyms

to slow down

687 1.4

To move or act more slowly

How Loud

to roar

98 1.0

to whoosh

13 4.5

to whush

8.6

to swish

20 4.1

rustle

12 4.4

Surface Forms

whush infinitive

whushed past

whushed past participle

whushing present participle

whushes third person singular

Etymology

Whush comes from the sound word whoosh and is like the common word 'rush' for moving fast, so to whush is to move or pass making a soft, quick rushing sound.