English

Noun

whoosh ‎(plural whooshes)

1. A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.
   • 2012 November 18, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time:

     The snow burst through the trees with no warning but a last-second whoosh of sound, a two-story wall of white and Chris Rudolph’s piercing cry: “Avalanche! Elyse!”

   • "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." —Douglas Adams

Translations

Verb

whoosh ‎(third-person singular simple present whooshes, present participle whooshing, simple past and past participle whooshed)

1. To make a breathy sound like a whoosh.

Translations

Interjection

whoosh

1. (sarcastic) Indicating that somebody has missed the point (as though it were flying overhead).