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whooshed

whooshed is the simple past and past participle of whoosh.

Meaning of whoosh

Verb

whoosh (third-person singular simple present whooshes, present participle whooshing, simple past and past participle whooshed)

  1. (intransitive) To make a breathy sound like a whoosh.
  2. (ambitransitive) To pass by quickly.
    1. (ambitransitive, figuratively, intransitive) To happen while bypassing someone's detailed awareness, to have someone miss the point.
  3. (transitive) To cause to pass quickly.
    • Twitter whooshed your tweet away before I read all of it lmao.2023 January 14, Trocheck Mate @RSolisByx, Twitter
  4. (Multicultural-London-English, slang, transitive) To 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)2019 September 29, Moscow17, “All For The Cause”

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Questions about whooshed

What is whooshed the simple past and past participle of?
Whooshed is the simple past and past participle of whoosh.

Words near whooshed in the dictionary

  1. Whoorel
  2. whoores
  3. whoors
  4. whoos
  5. whoosh
  6. whooshed
  7. whooshes
  8. whooshing
  9. whooshings
  10. whooshka
  11. whooshy

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