as in whistles
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 whooshes
Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2026
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.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
29 Aug. 2025
The fresh, salty aroma of the Atlantic whooshes through the car windows.
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Caitlin Gunther,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Sep. 2022
Verb
Cunningham’s Fisher-Price pianos and decrepit drums are unmistakable, as is Ciani’s Buchla, which whooshes and rattles like a steam engine barreling down the tracks.
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Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2026
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 fresh, salty aroma of the Atlantic whooshes through the car windows.
—
Caitlin Gunther,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Sep. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whooshes
Verb
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Every once in a while, a player buzzes in with an answer that truly catches fans off-guard.
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So when something goes on in markets that inspires exuberance or fear, my phone buzzes.
Noun
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While other animals such as rats and mice are also known to have laryngeal whistles, the study says that horses are believed to be the only animals known to combine the whistle with vocal fold vibrations to create a single, dual sound call.
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Mrtka was actively involved between the whistles and after the whistle, using his size to clear the net and get under opponents’ skin.
Verb
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The film wheezes through its less-than-80-minute running time, and no one seems all that sad to move on.
Noun
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By June 19, the remnants of Arthur will get quickly mixed up with an advancing cold front as its remaining circulation zips eastward through Georgia and the Carolinas and into the western Atlantic, said WPLG-TV hurricane specialist Michael Lowry in an email to USA TODAY.
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Written by David Koepp, Spielberg’s most frequent collaborator, from a story conceived by Spielberg, Disclosure Day zips two stories together like strands of DNA.
Verb
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The machine whirs to life, the smell of hot plastic slowly seeping into the air.
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This vast bundle of life and existence whirrs continually, creating the comforting harmonic tone that defines this place.
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“Whooshes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whooshes. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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