What does "whoosh" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "whoosh"?

Common synonyms include: swoosh, assibilate, assibilation, audio cue, bam, boom.

/ʍʊʃ/ intj, noun, verb, slang

intj, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.
"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!”"
2
the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid) wordnet
3
A homicide by shooting. Multicultural-London-English, slang
4
A gun. Multicultural-London-English, slang

Verb

1
To make a breathy sound like a whoosh. intransitive
2
gush or squirt out wordnet
3
To pass by quickly. ambitransitive
4
move with a whooshing sound wordnet
5
To pass by quickly.; To happen while bypassing someone's detailed awareness, to have someone miss the point. ambitransitive, figuratively, intransitive

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move with a sibilant sound wordnet
7
To cause to pass quickly. transitive
"Twitter whooshed your tweet away before I read all of it lmao."
8
To kill by gun, to shoot. Multicultural-London-English, slang, transitive
"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)"

Intj

1
Imitates anything passing by quickly and more or less close.
"I was batting when Nikki sent down a lollipop and whoosh, what a shot."
2
Indicating that somebody has missed the point (i.e. it went over their head). sarcastic

"I hear the buzz of a fan, the drip of the faucet, the hum of the fridge, the tick of the clock, the whoosh of cars passing by the house."

Of imitative origin.