Synonyms for whoosh
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hwoosh, hwoo sh, woosh, woo sh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʰwuʃ, ʰwʊʃ, wuʃ, wʊʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for whoosh Other synonyms for the word whoosh
- aviate
- barnstorm
- bend the throttle
- blow
- boo
- bullet
- buzz
- catcall
- circumnavigate
- condemn
- control
- crackle
- crepitate
- crinkle
- damn
- dart
- dash
- decry
- deride
- disapprove
- dive
- effervesce
- fizz
- fizzle
- flat-hat
- fleet
- fly
- froth
- hiss
- hoot
- hop
- hover
- hum
- hurry
- jeer
- jet
- jet out
- jet over
- maneuver
- mock
- mount
- murmur
- patter
- pilot
- race
- rasp
- reach
- remain aloft
- revile
- rush
- sail
- scud
- seagull
- seethe
- shoot
- shout down
- shrill
- sibilate
- sigh
- simmer
- siss
- sizzle
- skim
- skirt
- sky out
- soar
- sparkle
- speed
- spit
- sputter
- stir
- swish
- swoop
- take a hop
- take flight
- take off
- take wing
- tap
- travel
- wheeze
- whir
- whirl
- whirr
- whish
- whisk
- whisper
- whistle
- whiz
- whoosh
- wing
- wing in
- zip
- zoom
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for whoosh
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