whoosh in English
- whoosh⇄interj. a sound made to describe a rushing through the air with a soft, hissing noise.
Ex. ""At first it was a real little thing,"" he said, ""then it caught in some of the blowing sawdust and--whoosh--up it went"" (New York Times). - whoosh⇄noun a dull, soft, hissing sound like that of something rushing through the air.
Ex. The ... autos are away from the starting line, some with a whoosh, others at a more leisurely pace (Wall Street Journal). - whoosh⇄v.i. to make, or move with, such a sound.
Ex. When the time comes that people whoosh across vast reaches of the Earth in rocket carriages (Saturday Review). - whoosh⇄v.t. to carry or move with such a sound.
Ex. [The plane] can whoosh 80 first-class passengers across the Atlantic at 550 miles per hour (Wall Street Journal). - whoosh⇄whoosh, noun, verb, interjection.