Whoosh

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊʃ, -uːʃ

Full definition of whoosh

Noun

1. A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.
• 2012, John Branch, Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel CreekThe 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

Verb

1. To make a breathy sound like a whoosh.