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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid) [syn: swoosh, whoosh] v
1: move with a sibilant sound; "He whooshed the doors open" [syn: woosh, whoosh]
2: move with a whooshing sound [syn: hiss, whoosh]
3: gush or squirt out; "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: imitative Date: 1856 a swift or explosive rush; also the sound created by such a rush — often used interjectionally II. verb Date: 1909 intransitive verb to rush past or move explosively <cars whooshing along the expressway> transitive verb to move (a person or thing) with or as if with a whoosh

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(whooshes, whooshing, whooshed) 1. People sometimes say 'whoosh' when they are emphasizing the fact that something happens very suddenly or very fast. Then came the riders amid even louder cheers and whoosh! It was all over. EXCLAM [emphasis] 2. If something whooshes somewhere, it moves there quickly or suddenly. (INFORMAL) Kites whooshed above the beach at intervals. VERB: V adv/prep

Moby Thesaurus

assibilate, assibilation, buzz, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, frication, frictional rustling, hiss, hissing, hush, hushing, lisp, rhonchus, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, spit, splutter, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor, swish, wheeze, whish, whisper, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, zip