Whoosh

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A sibilant sound: the whoosh of the high-speed elevator.
  • n. A swift movement or flow; a rush or spurt.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a soft sibilant sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To move or flow swiftly with or as if with such a sound.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.
  • v. To make a breathy sound like a whoosh.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. gush or squirt out
  • n. the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)
  • v. move with a whooshing sound
  • v. move with a sibilant sound
  • Verb Form
    whooshed    whooshes    whooshing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    spirt    spout    spurt    gush    noise    locomote    travel    move    go    displace   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    douche    dush    swoosh    touche   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clunk    thunk    swish    whump    wheeze    clop    thud    grunt    thwack    snore