noun, verb
noun [usuallysing.] (informal) the sudden movement and sound of air or water rushing past:
a whoosh of water / air * There was a whoosh as everything went up in flames.
verb [V+adv./prep.] (informal) to move very quickly with the sound of air or water rushing
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for whoosh is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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