whishing

present participle of whish
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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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“Whishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whishing. Accessed 24 Mar. 2023.

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