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WOOSH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move with a sibilant sound

Example:

He whooshed the doors open

Synonyms:

whoosh; woosh

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "woosh" 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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