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WHISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move with a whishing sound

Example:

The car whished past her

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "whish" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a sibilant sound

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "whish" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

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