whoosh

«whoosh» in Mova's school dictionary: A sound of something moving very fast through the air, or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a whoosh, whooshes); verb (whoosh, whooshes, whooshed, whooshing); interjection (whoosh!)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sound of something moving very fast through the air, or of a rush of wind or water. tree →

2) (verb) To move fast with this sound. tree →

3) (interjection) A word that copies this sound. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories and comics as a sound word (onomatopoeia), so the reader can hear the speed: wind, a slide, a train, a rocket. In English lessons it is a good example of onomatopoeia.

examples

• Whoosh! The wind blew the hat off his head. tree →
• The train whooshed past the platform. tree →
• She came down the water slide with a whoosh. tree →
• We heard the whoosh of the rocket. tree →
• The waves whooshed up the beach. tree →
• «Whoosh» is an example of onomatopoeia. tree →

note

Spelling: wh-oo-sh. Past: whooshed. Onomatopoeia = a word that sounds like what it means (buzz, bang, whoosh). Informal and lively; fine in stories.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «whoosh» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.