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  • n  the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)
  • v  move with a sibilant sound
    He whooshed the doors open
  • v  move with a whooshing sound
  • v  gush or squirt out
    Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well

  • Mechanics such as the retracting circular lens hatch and the whoosh start up sound effect add to the flavor.
  • Someone pours flash powder on the sterno altar flame and whoosh! Fire leaps toward the ceiling.
  • The whoosh of his candidacy, in the polls and in the amounts of money raised, has been audacious as well.
News & Articles

  • YCC hosts Youth Golf Camp
    WHOOSH! News-Times/Steve Moseley - Duke head coach Dan Malleck works with Hunter Royal on his backswing during the York Youth Golf Camp on Tuesday at the York Country Club. The camp attracted 86 golfers, first through eighth grade.
    June 19, 2013 - York News-Times
  • The 1,200 Horsepower Bugatti Veyron Vitesse Sounds Absolutely Nuts
    When the Veyron came out, everyone piled on the car for not sounding as impressive as the performance figures suggested. Judging by this video of this open-roof, 1,200 horsepower, $2.7 million Vitesse model, they had no clue what they're talking about. Okay, it's not thunderous like a big-block hot rod, or musical like a V12 Ferrari, but it's deep and alien and so filled with turbo whoosh that ...
    June 14, 2013 - Jalopnik
Quotes

  • David Chase in CBS News
    Originally, I didn't want any credits at all,says Chase. "I just wanted the black screen to go the length of the credits _ all the way to the HBO `whoosh' sound. But the Directors Guild wouldn't give us a waiver."
  • Ben Howland in SI.com
    It's not like, `Whoosh, we're at home so we can relax,' Howland said. "That can't happen. It has got to be that same killer instinct."
  • Kent Desormeaux in Kansas City Star
    That's how we were going and he added power to the stride when I needed it,Desormeaux said, "and when I needed him, I showed him the stick, and whoosh, he put me in a new position and I pulled him back and made him wait in his position."

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