whoosh
Sound of speed
Whoosh captures the sound of something moving swiftly through air—wind, a passing vehicle, flames igniting.
As a verb, to whoosh is to move with that rushing sound: The train whooshed past the platform.
The word is onomatopoeic, imitating what it describes.
In internet slang, whoosh indicates a joke flying over someone's head: Whoosh—you missed the point entirely.
Soft rushing sound
- rushQuick sudden movement
- hissSharp sibilant sound
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- whirContinuous humming sound
sigh · shush · fwoosh · whomp · vroom · pssh · whistle · roar
Moving with speed
gust
Brief wind surge
rush · blast · breeze · ventilation · airflow · exhale · puff · billow · flutter · whiff
swish
Soft rushing sound
whir · sigh · shush · fwoosh · whomp · vroom · pssh · whistle · roar · drone
swift
Moving with speed
speedy · flash · zoom · zip · blur · streak · dart · bolt · rocket · hurtle
roar
Loud, deep animal cry
ignite · engulf · surge · backdraft · fireball · inferno · combustion · torch · conflagration · burst
flyby
Close pass without landing
zip · vanish · gone · fleeting · blink · instant · miss · bypass · overtake
- motion soundsswish, rustle, rumble, thud, thump
- sound & wavessound waves, sonic booms, thunder, ultrasound, infrasound
- Whimsy Wordsgobbledygook, gibberish, mumbo jumbo, hogwash, balderdash
- sci-fi soundslaser, phaser, blaster, zap, hum
- airplane soundsroar, rumble, whine, drone, hum
- onomatopoeiabang, bam, boom, buzz, clang