Antonyms for whoosh

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hwoosh, hwoo sh, woosh, woo sh

Phonetic Transcription : ʰwuʃ, ʰwʊʃ, wuʃ, wʊʃ

Definition of whoosh

Origin : 1856, of imitative origin.

As in rustle : verb swish, whisper
As in whiz : verb move quickly by
As in sibilate : verb hiss
As in fizz : verb bubble
As in fly : verb take to the air, usually employing wings

Example sentences :

That was my last thought as the thing let go with a "whoosh."
Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison

"I whoosh't—I woosh't was so we could hev pie," sighed one such.
Extract from : « Back Home » by Eugene Wood

There was a whoosh of fire and a flare from the launcher's nose.
Extract from : « The Secret of the Ninth Planet » by Donald Allen Wollheim

It folded over with a whoosh, grabbing its middle, as the toy wobbled off in eccentric flight.
Extract from : « The Enormous Room » by Horace Leonard Gold

Bram Forest drove his left fist into the guard's belly and heard the whoosh of air escaping from his lungs.
Extract from : « Quest of the Golden Ape » by Ivar Jorgensen

A whoosh of fire swept past the cabin, missed them as Case sent the ship into a dive.
Extract from : « Beyond The Thunder » by H. B. Hickey

You want to whoosh off in a nice little love whoosh and love yourself.
Extract from : « Aaron's Rod » by D. H. Lawrence

You can whoosh if you like, and get excited and carried away loving a woman, or humanity, or God.
Extract from : « Aaron's Rod » by D. H. Lawrence

Pa was the first to get to the head of the stairs, and he stuck his head in the kitchen, and drew a long breath, and said 'whoosh!
Extract from : « The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy » by George W. Peck

Swish, whoosh, went the canoe, as it shot through the parasites and creepers.
Extract from : « The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Pacific » by Wilbur Lawton

Synonyms for whoosh

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