- woosh: move with a sibilant sound; "He whooshed the doors open"
- swoosh: the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)
- gush or squirt out; "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well"
- A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed; To make a breathy sound like a whoosh
- a fast, hard move in the market, up or down; see capitulation.