Whoosh

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  whoosh
       v 1: move with a sibilant sound; "He whooshed the doors open"
       2: move with a whooshing sound [syn: {hiss}]
       3: gush or squirt out; "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the
          well"



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "whoosh":
     assibilate, assibilation, buzz, effervesce, effervescence,
     effervescing, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, frication,
     frictional rustling, hiss, hissing, hush, hushing, lisp, rhonchus,
     shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle,
     sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, sneeze, sneezing,
     sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, spit, splutter,
     sputter, squash, squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor, swish,
     wheeze, whish, whisper, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz,
     zip