whoosh
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)
Types & categories
- noise hypernym
Sense 2 verb
move with a sibilant sound
He whooshed the doors open
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 3 verb
move with a whooshing sound
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 4 verb
gush or squirt out
Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well
Types & categories
- spout hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | spout |