whoosh

(wūsh, wʊsh)
n.

1. A sibilant sound: the whoosh of the high-speed elevator.
2. A swift movement or flow; a rush or spurt.

intr.v., whooshed, also wooshed, whoosh·ing, woosh·ing, whoosh·es, woosh·es.

1. To make a soft sibilant sound.
2. To move or flow swiftly with or as if with such a sound.

[Imitative.]

verb

To make a sharp sibilant sound: fizz, fizzle, hiss, sibilate, sizzle, swish, whiz. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: move with a sibilant sound

Meaning #2: move with a whooshing sound
  Synonym: hiss

Meaning #3: gush or squirt out

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - suse
n. - susen
int. - suse

Nederlands (Dutch)
suizend geluid, suizen

Français (French)
v. intr. - passer à toute allure, vrombir
n. - vrombissement, crissement
int. - zoom (excl)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Brausen, Zischen
v. - brausen, zischen
int. - Schhh!

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κίνηση συνοδευόμενη από σφύριγμα (λόγω ταχύτητας)
v. - περνώ (σφυρίζοντας) σαν σφαίρα, περνώ σβουριχτός

Italiano (Italian)
sibilo, sfrecciare con un sibilo, Oh!

Português (Portuguese)
n. - som sibilante (m), movimento suave (m)
v. - fazer um som sibilante, mover-se suavemente

Русский (Russian)
свист (рассекаемого воздуха), пронестись со свистом, мчаться (на автомашине)

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - producir un sonido de silbido, pasar como un silbido
n. - silbido (ej., de un proyectil)
int. - ¡zas!

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ljud från ngt som rör sig snabbt
v. - svischa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
嗖嗖地飞快移动, 飞快的移动, 嗖, 咳, 呼

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 嗖嗖地飛快移動
n. - 飛快的移動
int. - 嗖, 咳, 呼

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 휙소리를 내다
n. - (공기 따위의) 휙하는 소리
int. - 휴우!

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - シューという音

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هبه, اندفاع سريع (فعل) يندفع مسرعا محدثا صوتا انفجاريا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נע במהירות עם קול שריקת אוויר‬
n. - ‮"אוף" (קול שריקת אויר שנפלט)‬
int. - ‮קריאת "אוף" לחיקוי קול פליטת אוויר‬

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