as in to whistle
to move very quickly with the sound of quickly flowing air or water
Cars whooshed along the highway. Water whooshed down the pipe.
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Recent Examples of whoosh
Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Apparently, the line is bland but also profound and ironic, and all of that whooshes over my head, too, but that’s Saturday.
—Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 19 July 2025
Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
Last winter, at Chicago’s Greek Islands (200 S. Halsted St.), our Greektown dinner started with a bang — more accurately, a whoosh.
—David Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025
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Verb
The two lanes of traffic that ruled my corner of East Hollywood whooshed by with their normal nighttime hum.
—Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Apparently, the line is bland but also profound and ironic, and all of that whooshes over my head, too, but that’s Saturday.
—Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 19 July 2025
Noun
The only sounds were the wind’s slight whoosh and our own nervous Whoas and excited gasps.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
Last winter, at Chicago’s Greek Islands (200 S. Halsted St.), our Greektown dinner started with a bang — more accurately, a whoosh.
—David Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whoosh
Verb
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Seattle scored 28 points before the halftime whistle.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Desperate, Lester then grabbed his bird whistle and dashed to the Arconia courtyard fountain.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the recent debut definitely distinguishes itself a little from the typical oversized American white trailer box splashed with generic swoosh graphics.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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They were pieced together for the show's pièce de résistance as a swoosh-y, crinkle-y multi-color Snufflapagus, the lovable character from Sesame Street.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Beetle buzzes by with tiny pumpkins perched on top, and Xuanwu, a ground robot carrying a drone, walks ominously in the background.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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Restaurants named in the Michelin Guide American South have been announced, and now is the perfect time to get a taste of what the food scene has been buzzing about all year.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Prices range from about 93 euros for caps up to 283 euros for a half-zip pullovers.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025
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Wearing a black Carhartt zip-up jacket, Caraballo questioned how Kinloch could run the city effectively while leading his congregation.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Choirs of insects clicked and hummed.—
Ryan Knighton,
AFAR Media,
31 Oct. 2025
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Right off the bat, the room was humming.—
Elizabeth Leonard,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Whoosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whoosh. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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