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whooshes

whooshes is the plural of whoosh.

whooshes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of whoosh.

Meaning of whoosh

Noun

whoosh (plural whooshes)

  1. A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.
    • The snow burst through the trees with no warning but a last-second whoosh of sound, a two-story wall of white and Chris Rudolph’s piercing cry: “Avalanche! Elyse!”2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times
  2. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) A homicide by shooting.
  3. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) A gun.

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Questions about whooshes

What is whooshes the plural of?
Whooshes is the plural of whoosh.

Words near whooshes in the dictionary

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

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