| VERB | motion | whoosh, woosh | move with a sibilant sound |
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| motion | whoosh, hiss | move with a whooshing sound | |
| motion | whoosh | gush or squirt out | |
| NOUN | event | whoosh, swoosh | the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid / liquid) |
| Sounds | hhwuw'sh; wuw'sh | |
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| Rhymes | swoosh | |
| Meaning | The noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid / liquid). | |
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| Synonym | swoosh | |
| Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| Meaning | Move with a sibilant sound. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He whooshed the doors open" | |
| Synonym | woosh | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Meaning | Move with a whooshing sound. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | hiss | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Spanish | silbar, sisear | |
| Meaning | gush or squirt out. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well" | |
| Broader | spurt, spirt, gush, spout | gush forth in a sudden stream or jet |
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