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# whoosh

noun (a whoosh, whooshes); verb (whoosh, whooshes, whooshed, whooshing); interjection (whoosh!)

«whoosh» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A sound of something moving very fast through the air, or of a rush of wind or water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoosh/#m1)
2. (verb) To move fast with this sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoosh/#m2)
3. (interjection) A word that copies this sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoosh/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in stories and comics as a sound word (onomatopoeia), so the reader can hear the speed: wind, a slide, a train, a rocket. In English lessons it is a good example of onomatopoeia.

### Examples

- Whoosh! The wind blew the hat off his head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoosh/#x1)
- The train whooshed past the platform. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoosh/#x2)
- She came down the water slide with a whoosh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoosh/#x3)
- We heard the whoosh of the rocket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoosh/#x4)
- The waves whooshed up the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoosh/#x5)
- «Whoosh» is an example of onomatopoeia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoosh/#x6)

### Note

Spelling: wh-oo-sh. Past: whooshed. Onomatopoeia = a word that sounds like what it means (buzz, bang, whoosh). Informal and lively; fine in stories.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «whoosh» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whoosh/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«whoosh» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/whoosh.html) on Mova free.