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WHOOSH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)
Synonyms:
swoosh; whoosh
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("whoosh" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they whoosh ... he / she / it whooshes
Past simple: whooshed
-ing form: whooshing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "whoosh" is one way to...):
gush; spirt; spout; spurt (gush forth in a sudden stream or jet)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Synonyms:
hiss; whoosh
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "whoosh" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
Meaning:
Example:
He whooshed the doors open
Synonyms:
whoosh; woosh
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "whoosh" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something