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    WHOOSH

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)play

    Synonyms:

    swoosh; whoosh

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural events

    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  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it whooshes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: whooshed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: whooshed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: whooshing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Gush or squirt outplay

    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:

    Move with a whooshing soundplay

    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:

    Move with a sibilant soundplay

    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

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