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BNC: 35840 COCA: 20960

whoosh

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1 whoosh /ˈwʊʃ/ noun
1 whoosh
/ˈwʊʃ/
noun
Learner's definition of WHOOSH
[count]
: the sound made by something that is moving quickly(物体飞快移动发出的)嗖嗖声usually singular通常用单数
: a small amount of gas, liquid, etc., that comes from a place quickly(从别处迅速而来的)一缕气体,少量液体usually singular通常用单数
2 whoosh /ˈwʊʃ/ verb
whooshes; whooshed; whooshing
2 whoosh
/ˈwʊʃ/
verb
whooshes; whooshed; whooshing
Learner's definition of WHOOSH
[no object]
: to move very quickly with the sound of quickly flowing air or water呼呼地飞快移动;哗哗地快速流动
BNC: 35840 COCA: 20960
: a swift or explosive rush
also : the sound created by such a rush
often used interjectionally

whoosh

2 of 2

verb

whooshed; whooshing; whooshes

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

Example Sentences

Verb Cars whooshed along the highway. Water whooshed down the pipe.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
With the hydraulic whoosh of lowrider cars, the bounce of basketballs on pavement and the pulse of beatboxers, the Urban Arts Festival is set to return to downtown Salt Lake City over Labor Day weekend. Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2022 Release the brake, and the car rockets forward with a whoosh and virtually no wheelspin. Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 18 July 2022 As the rain picked up, the whoosh of raindrops through all of the leaves warned me. Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022 Booms, the whoosh of rocket launchers releasing their payloads and the ripping sound of heavy machine guns reverberated in the air. Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022 The ding of text messages arriving, the whoosh of e-mails departing, the hollow beat that meant the speaker and the phone were connected. Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Situated next to a small spring in Topanga Canyon, not far from the whoosh of Malibu traffic on Topanga Canyon Boulevard, the boulder at first glance may not seem remarkable. Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2022 The whoosh of traffic and trains permeates the triangular neighborhood of modest single-family homes penned between two highways and two sets of railroad tracks. Washington Post, 11 May 2022 Something sweet; a whoosh of cut grass, something big, earthy, and vanilla-like. Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2022
Verb
Lane-Nott says his firm’s bots will be able to whoosh down pipes to service the exterior structure of underground tunnels without operators having to put a halt to the road or rail traffic inside. Wired, 13 Aug. 2022 Cars whoosh down Northern Boulevard, and stores are a bit of a walk. New York Times, 30 July 2021 At the first sign of danger, the brain sounds an alarm, setting off a torrent of neurological and hormonal signals that whoosh into the blood, stimulating the body to fight or give flight. Akilah Johnson, ProPublica, 22 Dec. 2020 The Starship Enterprise would whoosh by, and my father would shake his head. David Beers, The New Republic, 7 Dec. 2020 Tuesday was the morning Hoosiers were supposed to arrive at work to the distant hum of Indy cars whooshing around the iconic oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 12 May 2020 And then there was the sound: the soft grainy whoosh whoosh whoosh of the beating heart. Robin Amer, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2020 This time, thanks to a pandemic, the water has whooshed away at record speed. The Economist, 18 Apr. 2020 The flood washed away a land bridge near current-day Gibraltar, letting the Atlantic’s waters whoosh in. Michael George, National Geographic, 10 Mar. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

imitative

First Known Use

Noun

1856, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1909, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of whoosh was in 1856
BNC: 35840 COCA: 20960

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