MEANING
To move suddenly and quickly, usually with a rushing air-like sound.
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Words that belong together
- whoosh past
- whoosh through a tunnel
On the page
The capsule whooshed through the tunnel before the warning light went dark.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- whoosh
- Past tense
- whooshed
- Past participle
- whooshed
- Present participle
- whooshing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- whoosh
- Present continuous
- am/is/are whooshing
- Present perfect
- have/has whooshed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been whooshing
- Past
- whooshed
- Past continuous
- was/were whooshing
- Past perfect
- had whooshed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been whooshing
- Future
- will whoosh
- Future continuous
- will be whooshing
- Future perfect
- will have whooshed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been whooshing
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Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: whoosh; whooshes; whooshed; whooshed; whooshing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: whooshes.
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