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whoosh

UK/ʍʊʃ/ US/wʊʃ/ fairly common slang

verb

1.

move with a sibilant sound

  • “He whooshed the doors open”
2.

move with a whooshing sound

Synonyms
3.

gush or squirt out

  • “Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well”

Origin

Of imitative origin.

Phrases

  • argle-bargle morble whoosh

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Broader terms

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