whoosh

nom

1. 1

   A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.

   The snow burst through the trees with no warning but a last-second whoosh of sound, a two-story wall of white and Chris Rudolph’s piercing cry: “Avalanche! Elyse!”

2. 2

   argotA homicide by shooting.

3. 3

   argotA gun.

verbe

1. 1

   To make a breathy sound like a whoosh.

2. 2

   To pass by quickly.

3. 3

   figuréTo pass by quickly. To happen while bypassing someone's detailed awareness, to have someone miss the point.

4. 4

   To cause to pass quickly.

   Twitter whooshed your tweet away before I read all of it lmao.

5. 5

   argotTo kill by gun, to shoot.

   Man do it for the team Kick him and swing him on landing The olders are whooshed Brass and bruck I promise all of them has been (dun out 'ere)

   How many man got whooshed like Jackson?

   How many man's been whooshed with the stick?

interjection

1. 1

   Imitates anything passing by quickly and more or less close.

   I was batting when Nikki sent down a lollipop and whoosh, what a shot.

2. 2

   Indicating that somebody has missed the point (i.e. it went over their head).

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