: 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.
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Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 18 June 2025
The water was an icy whoosh—and a veritable elixir on that nearly 100-degree day.
—David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2025
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
The two lanes of traffic that ruled my corner of East Hollywood whooshed by with their normal nighttime hum.
—Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
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Noun
This time, Ariana announces with a whoosh of her ponytail that America has voted on who the three bombshells must recouple with.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 18 June 2025
The water was an icy whoosh—and a veritable elixir on that nearly 100-degree day.
—David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2025
Verb
The camera handled by cinematographer Malik Hassan Sayeed, working with Guadagnino for the first time, whooshes around his subjects to indicate the shakiness of their frames of mind.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
The two lanes of traffic that ruled my corner of East Hollywood whooshed by with their normal nighttime hum.
—Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
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“Whoosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whoosh. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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