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WHOOSH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)

Synonyms:

swoosh; whoosh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("whoosh" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gush or squirt out

Example:

Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "whoosh" is one way to...):

gush; spirt; spout; spurt (gush forth in a sudden stream or jet)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move with a whooshing sound

Synonyms:

hiss; whoosh

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "whoosh" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Move with a sibilant sound

Example:

He whooshed the doors open

Synonyms:

whoosh; woosh

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "whoosh" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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