"whoosh" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

IPA: /ʍʊʃ/, /wʊʃ/, /ʍuːʃ/, /wuːʃ/, /ʍʉʃ/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland], /wʉʃ/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whoosh.wav
Rhymes: -ʊʃ, -uːʃ Etymology: Of imitative origin. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative
  1. Imitates anything passing by quickly and more or less close.
    Sense id: en-whoosh-en-intj-iftPo1eH Categories (other): Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 21 7 8 8 8 7 17 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 21 8 9 7 7 5 21 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 20 7 7 8 7 7 20 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 21 8 10 9 7 5 17 4 5
  2. (sarcastic) Indicating that somebody has missed the point (i.e. it went over their head). Tags: sarcastic Categories (topical): Sounds
    Sense id: en-whoosh-en-intj-X~AldMDF Disambiguation of Sounds: 9 11 16 9 8 17 8 8 12 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 22 7 9 9 6 5 17 2 6 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 15 22 7 10 9 6 7 15 4 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 21 7 9 10 6 4 16 4 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 24 6 9 10 6 2 16 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 21 7 8 8 8 7 17 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 21 8 9 7 7 5 21 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 20 7 7 8 7 7 20 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 21 8 10 9 7 5 17 4 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: woosh Derived forms: argle-bargle morble whoosh

Noun [English]

IPA: /ʍʊʃ/, /wʊʃ/, /ʍuːʃ/, /wuːʃ/, /ʍʉʃ/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland], /wʉʃ/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whoosh.wav Forms: whooshes [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊʃ, -uːʃ Etymology: Of imitative origin. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative Head templates: {{en-noun}} whoosh (plural whooshes)
  1. A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed. Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (breathy sound): gesuis (Dutch), geruis (Dutch), gesis (Dutch), humahdus (Finnish), suhahdus (Finnish), sifflement (French)
    Sense id: en-whoosh-en-noun-yDlNL-XR Disambiguation of Sounds: 9 11 16 9 8 17 8 8 12 2 Disambiguation of 'breathy sound': 78 10 12
  2. (MLE, slang) A homicide by shooting. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, slang Categories (topical): Firearms, Murder
    Sense id: en-whoosh-en-noun-sTR3v9n1 Disambiguation of Firearms: 10 17 4 29 13 4 3 10 3 7 Disambiguation of Murder: 10 16 5 34 6 4 3 10 8 3 Categories (other): Multicultural London English, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 21 8 10 9 7 5 17 4 5
  3. (MLE, slang) A gun. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, slang
    Sense id: en-whoosh-en-noun-dcklm7iz Categories (other): Multicultural London English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: woosh

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʍʊʃ/, /wʊʃ/, /ʍuːʃ/, /wuːʃ/, /ʍʉʃ/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland], /wʉʃ/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whoosh.wav Forms: whooshes [present, singular, third-person], whooshing [participle, present], whooshed [participle, past], whooshed [past]
Rhymes: -ʊʃ, -uːʃ Etymology: Of imitative origin. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative Head templates: {{en-verb}} whoosh (third-person singular simple present whooshes, present participle whooshing, simple past and past participle whooshed)
  1. (intransitive) To make a breathy sound like a whoosh or extrude with such a sound. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (breathy sound): humista (Finnish), humahtaa (Finnish), susa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-whoosh-en-verb-Ih4QlDCt Disambiguation of Sounds: 9 11 16 9 8 17 8 8 12 2 Disambiguation of 'breathy sound': 64 3 25 0 8
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To pass by quickly and more or less close or away. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-whoosh-en-verb-v2V5M7gA
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To pass by quickly and more or less close or away.
    (intransitive, figuratively) To happen while bypassing someone's detailed awareness, to have someone miss the point.
    Tags: figuratively, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-whoosh-en-verb-emLDyYhM Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 17 10 7 7 10 4 25 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 21 7 8 8 8 7 17 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 21 8 9 7 7 5 21 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 20 7 7 8 7 7 20 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 21 8 10 9 7 5 17 4 5
  4. (transitive) To cause to pass quickly. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sounds
    Sense id: en-whoosh-en-verb-XCRLc~8B Disambiguation of Sounds: 9 11 16 9 8 17 8 8 12 2
  5. (transitive, MLE, slang) To kill by gun, to shoot. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-whoosh-en-verb-8DR0jmEH Categories (other): Multicultural London English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: woosh

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2020 August 27, A.M (lyrics and music), “I Ain’t A Yardie” (track 10), in Mally:",
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        "(sarcastic) Indicating that somebody has missed the point (i.e. it went over their head)."
      ],
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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ʍuːʃ/"
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      "ipa": "/ʍʉʃ/",
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      ]
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        "A gun."
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        "(MLE, slang) A gun."
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    {
      "ipa": "/wʊʃ/"
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      "ipa": "/ʍuːʃ/"
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        "Northern-Ireland",
        "Scotland"
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      "rhymes": "-uːʃ"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "breathy sound",
      "word": "gesuis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "breathy sound",
      "word": "geruis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "breathy sound",
      "word": "gesis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "breathy sound",
      "word": "humahdus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "breathy sound",
      "word": "suhahdus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "breathy sound",
      "word": "sifflement"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whoosh"
}

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        "(intransitive) To make a breathy sound like a whoosh or extrude with such a sound."
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To pass by quickly and more or less close or away."
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    },
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        "To pass by quickly and more or less close or away.",
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To pass by quickly and more or less close or away.",
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        {
          "ref": "2023 January 14, Trocheck Mate @RSolisByx, Twitter:",
          "text": "Twitter whooshed your tweet away before I read all of it lmao.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to pass quickly."
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          "pass",
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        "(transitive) To cause to pass quickly."
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          "ref": "2019 September 29, Moscow17 (lyrics and music), “All For The Cause”:",
          "text": "Man do it for the team\nKick him and swing him on landing\nThe olders are whooshed\nBrass and bruck\nI promise all of them has been (dun out 'ere)",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 August 27, A.M (lyrics and music), “I Ain’t A Yardie” (track 10), in Mally:",
          "text": "How many man got whooshed like Jackson?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 April 27, Tight Road Baby (lyrics and music), “Plugged In” (track 10), in Fumez the Engineer, C Dot (music), Plugged In: S5 (2022):",
          "text": "How many man's been whooshed with the stick?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To kill by gun, to shoot."
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          "gun",
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        "(transitive, MLE, slang) To kill by gun, to shoot."
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      "ipa": "/ʍʊʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wʊʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍuːʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wuːʃ/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍʉʃ/",
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        "Northern-Ireland",
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wʉʃ/",
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        "Northern-Ireland",
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊʃ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːʃ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "woosh"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "breathy sound",
      "word": "humista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "breathy sound",
      "word": "humahtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "breathy sound",
      "word": "susa"
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
      "word": "argle-bargle morble whoosh"
    }
  ],
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        "Imitates anything passing by quickly and more or less close."
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ʍʊʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wʊʃ/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ʍuːʃ/"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ʍʉʃ/",
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        "Scotland"
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    },
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        "Northern-Ireland",
        "Scotland"
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ʊʃ"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-uːʃ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "woosh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whoosh"
}

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