Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - whoosh

(whooshes, whooshing, whooshed) 1. People sometimes say ‘whoosh’ when they are emphasizing the fact that something happens very suddenly or very fast. Then came the riders amid even louder cheers and whoosh! It was all over. EXCLAM c darkgreen]emphasis 2. If something whooshes somewhere, it moves there quickly or suddenly. (INFORMAL) Kites whooshed above the beach at intervals. VERB: V adv/prep