whoosh
IPA: wˈuʃ
noun
- A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.
- (MLE, slang) A homicide by shooting.
- (MLE, slang) A gun.
verb
- (intransitive) To make a breathy sound like a whoosh or extrude with such a sound.
- (transitive, intransitive) To pass by quickly and more or less close or away.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To happen while bypassing someone's detailed awareness, to have someone miss the point.
- (transitive) To cause to pass quickly.
- (transitive, MLE, slang) To kill by gun, to shoot.
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