Thesaurus results for WHISHING

whishing

verb

present participle of whish

as in humming

to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound seemingly out of nowhere, a baseball whished past my head

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as in hissing

to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ the match whished as it burst into flame

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The company thinks its fully reusable Starship megarocket will be humming along by then, taking care of all its spaceflight needs.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026
People don’t want huge, ugly, ominously humming industrial infrastructure in their backyard.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of humming

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Scientists previously created tiny diving suits for Madagascar hissing cockroaches that could be used in perilous search operations, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 3 Sep. 2026
But delivering that level of craft in a high-octane room where the hissing espresso machine competes with the bassline?

— Carly Boers, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of hissing

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Sources are buzzing that the movie directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring Tom Holland will have extra footage that includes, but is not limited to, Rosario Dawson’s character Claire Temple.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
With sport fields and courts, playgrounds, a community center, pool, splash pad, and more, the spot is always buzzing with activity.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of buzzing

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Wolt motorbikes zipping along the streets and weaving through dense traffic are an ubiquitous sight in the beachside city.

— Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Often, that means doing things like, oh, zipping down city streets, because there are no curb cuts to assist her in smoothly moving from sidewalk to sidewalk.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of zipping

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Eventually, my mother comes downstairs again and puts her arms around him and holds him, whispering something to him, words that to me are meaningless and incomprehensible.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
On multiple occasions, she could be heard whispering her husband’s answers as Sandusky struggled to hear.

— Mark Puleo, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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