: a swift or explosive rush
also
: the sound created by such a rush
—often used interjectionally
whooshed; whooshing; whooshes
: to rush past or move explosively
cars whooshing along the expressway
: to move (a person or thing) with or as if with a whoosh
Examples of whoosh in a Sentence
Verb
Cars whooshed along the highway.
Water whooshed down the pipe.
Recent Examples on the Web
Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
This includes noises in seemingly quiet environments, such as the whoosh of a fan, the creak of a floor, or the wind’s wail outside a window.
—Judith Graham, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
First is the whoosh mode, which varies the fan speed up and down to simulate a natural breeze.
—Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Feb. 2024
The wind closes a creaky door behind her in a soft whoosh.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2024
The river ran fat and sassy, fueled by a recent winter storm, and the water swept by in a gurgling whoosh, like a ghost train.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
Less assuring: That whoosh, which plays when sending a text message.
—Photographs and Videos By Kelsey McClellan, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
Light follows you through the chalet, turning on automatically where needed, and the secure automatic sliding doors to the spa require keypad access and open in a distinctly science fiction-esque manner with a pleasing whoosh.
—Tom Weijand, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2024
Driver sublimates his hulking physicality into a taut aerodynamic precision; the air around Enzo parts with a discernible whoosh, and heads turn.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2024
Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
His chalk drawings are almost always very crude, so as not to interfere with the whooshing immediacy of the performance or the nervous allure of the performer.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
This culminated in its 1985 test launch by an F-15 fighter jet, releasing a payload at around 38,000 feet that whooshed into orbit and destroyed a degrading U.S. satellite, according to the U.S. Air Force museum.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2024
In animation, the whooshing and whipping water that Katara bent was gorgeously, and unrealistically, a deep blue.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
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As a cold wind whooshed through the park, Hawk flowed from the half-pipe to the street section and back.
—Bret Anthony Johnston, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
This sets in motion a love story that grows in tenderness and intimacy even as Adam, whooshing between London and Sanderstead on a train that comes to feel like a wormhole, sees his bond with his parents subtly deepen.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
Across the room, the door to his office softly whooshes shut.
—Brian O'Keefe, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2024
Air loudly whooshed out of the side of the airplane, which was flying at 16,000 feet with an emergency exit-size gash.
—Patience Haggin and Allison Pohle, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2024
Noun
This is why so many retention edited videos start with a loud bang or whoosh sound.
—Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
This includes noises in seemingly quiet environments, such as the whoosh of a fan, the creak of a floor, or the wind’s wail outside a window.
—Judith Graham, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
First is the whoosh mode, which varies the fan speed up and down to simulate a natural breeze.
—Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Feb. 2024
The wind closes a creaky door behind her in a soft whoosh.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2024
The river ran fat and sassy, fueled by a recent winter storm, and the water swept by in a gurgling whoosh, like a ghost train.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
Less assuring: That whoosh, which plays when sending a text message.
—Photographs and Videos By Kelsey McClellan, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
Light follows you through the chalet, turning on automatically where needed, and the secure automatic sliding doors to the spa require keypad access and open in a distinctly science fiction-esque manner with a pleasing whoosh.
—Tom Weijand, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2024
Driver sublimates his hulking physicality into a taut aerodynamic precision; the air around Enzo parts with a discernible whoosh, and heads turn.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2024
Verb
In Singapore, some apartment buildings are equipped with pneumatic tubes that whoosh trash into large containers.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
His chalk drawings are almost always very crude, so as not to interfere with the whooshing immediacy of the performance or the nervous allure of the performer.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
This culminated in its 1985 test launch by an F-15 fighter jet, releasing a payload at around 38,000 feet that whooshed into orbit and destroyed a degrading U.S. satellite, according to the U.S. Air Force museum.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2024
In animation, the whooshing and whipping water that Katara bent was gorgeously, and unrealistically, a deep blue.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
Baby Puffins Meet Their Unlikely Saviors To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
As a cold wind whooshed through the park, Hawk flowed from the half-pipe to the street section and back.
—Bret Anthony Johnston, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
This sets in motion a love story that grows in tenderness and intimacy even as Adam, whooshing between London and Sanderstead on a train that comes to feel like a wormhole, sees his bond with his parents subtly deepen.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
Across the room, the door to his office softly whooshes shut.
—Brian O'Keefe, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2024
Air loudly whooshed out of the side of the airplane, which was flying at 16,000 feet with an emergency exit-size gash.
—Patience Haggin and Allison Pohle, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2024
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