whooshing
present participle ofwhoosh
whoosh
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
informaluk/wʊʃ/us/wʊʃ/tomovealongquickly, making asoftsoundlike thewind:
Afastmotorboatwhooshed by.
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- outsail
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Thewhooshingof the wind is represented by a motif from an oboe tune.
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A keyboard makes awhooshingsound to open the song.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The resultant sign, audible via stethoscope, is a rhythmic,whooshingsound caused by excessively rapid blood flow through the arteries and veins.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The user can control the sweep which moves the phaser's frequency response, yielding the classic phaserwhooshingsound.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Various sounds of tornadoes have been reported, mostly related to familiar sounds for the witness and generally some variation of awhooshingroar.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I love thewhooshingnoise they make as they go by.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The first dancer would dance to the first song until he/she hears awhooshingsound which signals the opponent to take over.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Awhooshingsound signals the dancer to dance with his/her prop.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But having the spacecraft make an externalwhooshingsound as it passes in airless space is not.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One can also listen through a stethoscope for the sound of the bloodwhooshingthrough the fistula, a sound called "bruit".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When hovering they emit a low throbbing sound akin to "baaaan-baaaan-baaaan", and when they take-off they emit a sound like awhooshing"sheeeeee".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Awhooshingnoise can be heard at various points.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many have pulsatile tinnitus, awhooshingsensation in one or both ears (6487%); this sound is synchronous with the pulse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This kind of movie, however, demands not interesting ideas butwhooshingspectacle and madly redundant climaxes and a soundtrack filled with thuds and a shouting female chorus.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.And the way we tell stories will be different too, and confirmed that thewhooshingsound effect will continue to be used as the transition for the new storytelling device.
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