Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whoosh

/ʍʊʃ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: whoosh
IPA: /ʍʊʃ/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.

noun

A homicide by shooting.

Slang

noun

A gun.

Slang

verb

To make a breathy sound like a whoosh.

Intransitive verb

verb

To pass by quickly.

verb

To pass by quickly.

Intransitive verb

verb

To cause to pass quickly.

Transitive verb

verb

To kill by gun, to shoot.

Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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!”"
"Twitter whooshed your tweet away before I read all of it lmao."
"Man do it for the team Kick him and swing him on landing The olders are whooshed Brass and bruck I promise all of them has been (dun out 'ere)"
"How many man got whooshed like Jackson?"
"How many man's been whooshed with the stick?"
"I was batting when Nikki sent down a lollipop and whoosh, what a shot."

Etymology

Of imitative origin.

Usage

Inflected Forms

whooshes (plural) woosh (alternative) whooshes (present, singular) whooshing (participle, present) whooshed (participle, past) whooshed (past)

Derived Forms

whooshka

Phrases

argle-bargle morble whoosh

Synonyms

swoosh hiss woosh

Rhymes With

douche touche swoosh louche carmouche push bush kush mush hindu kush shush cush

Questions

How do you pronounce whoosh?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʍʊʃ/.
What does whoosh mean?: A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.
Where does whoosh come from?: Of imitative origin.

How to pronounce whoosh

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