wooshes

Moves with rushing

Wooshes is the plural noun or third-person verb form of woosh, a variant spelling of whoosh.

A woosh is the sound of something moving swiftly through air or water—a rushing, sweeping noise: The wooshes of passing cars kept me awake.

To woosh is to move with that sound: Air wooshes out when you open the valve.

sound

swish

Soft rushing sound

  • whisperSpeech without full voice
  • rushQuick sudden movement
  • gustBrief wind surge

hiss · whistle · roar · whir · hum · buzz · susurration · sibilance · murmur · fizz

movement

rush

Quick sudden movement

  • dartHandheld pointed projectile
  • sweepBrush clean with broom
  • glideMove with effortless continuity

streak · flash · blur · zip · zoom · whiz · fly · race · dash · sail

air

gust

Brief wind surge

  • draftPreliminary version of text
  • blastSudden forceful burst
  • rushQuick sudden movement

billow · breeze · wind · airflow · current · stream · blow · puff · waft · updraft

flight

takeoff

Departure or parody

  • soarAscend to heights
  • glideMove with effortless continuity
  • swoopRapid downward plunge

dive · flyby · buzz · pass · jet · aircraft · wings · altitude · aerodynamic · supersonic

Opposites
sound quality

wooshessilences

Stops from speaking

hushes · mutes · quiets · stills · whispers

movement manner

wooshescreeps

Unsettling individuals

stops · tiptoes · crawls · slinks · sneaks

Family

swoosh, woosh, swooshes, swooshed, swooshing, wooshing, wooshed

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G