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▪ I. whoosh, v.|hwuːʃ, hwʊʃ|
Also woosh.
[Imitative; the vowel expressing a duller sound than that of whish.]
1. intr. To utter or emit a dull soft sibilant sound, like that of something rushing through the air; to move rapidly with a rushing sound.
1856Dickens Let. to Wilkie Collins 13 July, The boys..whooshing and crying (after tigerish cat No. 2): ‘French!’ ‘Here she comes!’ 1909H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay ii. ii. 163 Make it all slick, and then make it woosh. 1917Blackw. Mag. July 47/2 Huge projectiles whooshed noisily through the air. 1922D. H. Lawrence Aaron's Rod xxi. 306 You want to whoosh off in a nice little love-whoosh and lose yourself. 1966I. Jefferies House-Surgeon viii. 156 The blood was wooshing in and Bernard nodded.
2. trans. To cause to move rapidly with a rushing sound. Also fig. Const. up, to enliven.
1909H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay ii. ii. 162 A Real Live Thing! Wooshing it up! Making it buzz and spin! 1920D. H. Lawrence Touch & Go 7 A system of vacuum tubes for whooshing Bradburys about from one to the other. 1956W. Sansom Loving Eye 102 Cars wooshed water-spray on the wet macadam. 1968B. Hines Kestrel for Knave 27 He whooshed the curtains open and switched the light off. 1971Sunday Express (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. (Home Jrnl.) 2/2 (Advt.), Removable Fibre-fill padlets whoosh you into high young curves, naturally. 1982Nature 13 May 91/1 Chrétien will be the first Western astronaut to be whooshed into space by a Soviet rocket.
So whoosh n., a sound of this nature (also reduplicated); also, an exclamation ‘whoosh!’; a movement accompanied by a rushing sound; a gushing or ‘whooshing’ style.
1880‘Mark Twain’ Tramp Abroad xx. 194 He fetched a prodigious ‘Whoosh!’ to relieve his lungs. 1906‘Q’ Mayor of Troy vii, With a whoo-sh a rocket leapt into the air. 1915― Nicky-Nan ix, Whenever her brush intromitted its harsh whoosh-whoosh. 1909H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay iii. iv. 391 Once or twice before you've stepped in—with that sort of Woosh of yours. 1934― Exper. in Autobiogr. i. i. 37 Just because of that constitutional apathy it will be characteristically free from individual Woosh. 1962‘R. Gordon’ Doctor in Swim i. 9 We sat for a moment listening to the woosh of the jets. 1976Globe & Mail (Toronto) 8 Nov. 16/6 When I develop a mental picture of the person I'm affecting, my objectivity goes out the window in a woosh of sympathy. 1984Listener 14 June 32/3 We may be used to the idea of pressing buttons on commercial synthesisers and summoning whooshes of space-age sound.
Add: ˈwhooshing ppl. a. and vbl. n. (freq. attrib.).
1976Evening Standard 29 Dec. 13/2 The whooshing flares of blue and gold lit up the faces of a crowd on the grassy slopes of the Washington Monument. 1980Musicians Only 26 Apr. 12 Flanger, a deep wooshing, sweeping sound caused by double tracking. 1986Sunday Express Mag. 1 June 28/1 She came to the door to greet me with a great barking of dogs and whooshing of cats. 1991Skiing (U.S.) Mar. 55/1 This same strong, active ‘whooshing’ out-breathing at the end of a turn can help in a lot of other challenging ski situations.
▪ II. whoosh, int.
Also woosh.
[f. the vb.]
An exclamation evocative of or accompanying a sudden explosive rushing sound or movement.
1899S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy xxxvii. 261 The cravin' wad juist bank up like a water ahint a dam—and then—whoosh, awa' she gaed. 1909H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay ii. ii. 162 That's you, steady and long and piling-up,—then, wo-oo-oo-oo-osh. 1927Blackw. Mag. Apr. 488/1 John said, ‘Woosh! some armful. Look out for the eggs.’ 1936‘R. Hyde’ Check to your King 69 The Princess..shouts ‘Whoosh!’ 1949Dylan Thomas Let. 13 Oct. (1966) 328 Bills and demand notes, at me like badgers, whoosh! 1965Family Circle Oct. 13/1 Plain lonesome? Whoosh, it's a friend. 1977Sounds 9 July 19/2 Onstage we just go like, woosh! |