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whoosh
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As a noun, whoosh means a breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed. As a verb, it means make a breathy sound like a whoosh or extrude with such a sound.
Meanings of whoosh
12 meaningsnoun
A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.
mleslangA homicide by shooting.
mleslangA gun.
The noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)
Similar: swoosh
verb
To make a breathy sound like a whoosh or extrude with such a sound.
To pass by quickly and more or less close or away.
figurativelyTo happen while bypassing someone's detailed awareness, to have someone miss the point.
To cause to pass quickly.
mleslangTo kill by gun, to shoot.
Gush or squirt out
“Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well”
interjection
Imitates anything passing by quickly and more or less close.
sarcasticIndicating that somebody has missed the point (i.e. it went over their head).
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).