Synonyms of whooshing

whooshing

verb

present participle of whoosh

as in whistling

to move very quickly with the sound of quickly flowing air or water

Cars whooshed along the highway.

Water whooshed down the pipe.

Related Words

• whistling
• buzzing
• whirring
• wheezing
• zipping
• humming
• whizzing
• zooming
• hissing
• rustling
• droning
• whispering
• thrumming
• sighing
• burring
• chirring
• purring
• murmuring
• churring
• whishing
• swishing
• bumbling
• cooing
• fizzing
• sizzling
• curring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of whooshing

Windows frame mountain views, opening onto terraces that overlook skiers whooshing down the slopes. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 June 2026

The motionless people drooling on the sidewalk, the Waymos whooshing around with no one inside. — Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026

But the screams of pain were unmistakable, picked up a number of times by the microphones placed around the course, which usually deliver the evocative whooshing sounds of skiers hurtling down the slopes at speeds that feel inhuman. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026

What sets Lech apart from the Rockies is not only the resort’s sense of quiet luxury but also the thrill of whooshing from one fairytale village to another in a single afternoon, while largely avoiding media scrutiny. — Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 19 Dec. 2025

The target audience will presumably be sent whooshing back in time to the summer of 2007 by the Proustian sounds of Vegas rock band The Killers, whose music plays a significant role for two of the main characters. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025

These Bose over-ear headphones provide ample noise cancellation to drown out blaring car horns and whooshing subways)and a 24-hour battery life. — Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025

The moped-like sound of the Shaheds whooshing above the rooftops still unsettles but no longer terrifies. — IEEE Spectrum, 18 May 2025