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1 whoosh
1 noun∎ a whoosh of air une bouffée d'air□ ;∎ with a whoosh he was off il est parti comme une flèche∎ fighter planes whooshed by overhead des avions de combat passèrent en trombe au-dessus de nous;∎ the car whooshed through the puddles la voiture passa en trombe dans les flaqueszoum! -
2 whoosh
1. intransitive verbbrausen; [Rakete, Geschoss:] zischen2. nounBrausen, das; (of rocket, projectile) Zischen, daswith a [loud] whoosh — [laut] brausend/zischend
* * *[(h)wʊʃ]( fam)I. interj zischno sooner had she arrived than, \whoosh, she was off again kaum war sie gekommen, zack, war sie auch schon wieder wegIII. vt▪ to \whoosh sb/sth somewhere jdn/etw schnell irgendwohin bringenthey expect a \whoosh of money sie erwarten eine wahre Geldflut* * *[wuːʃ]1. n(of water) Rauschen nt; (of air) Zischen nt2. virauschen; (air) zischena train whooshed past — ein Zug schoss or brauste vorbei
* * *A v/i zischen:B s Zischen n* * *1. intransitive verbbrausen; [Rakete, Geschoss:] zischen2. nounBrausen, das; (of rocket, projectile) Zischen, daswith a [loud] whoosh — [laut] brausend/zischend
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3 whoosh
[(h)wʊʃ]no sooner had she arrived than, \whoosh, she was off again kaum war sie gekommen, zack, war sie auch schon wieder weg vi zischen ( fam) vtthey expect a \whoosh of money sie erwarten eine wahre Geldflut -
4 whoosh n
[wuʃ]it came out with a whoosh — (sauce, water) è uscito (-a) di getto, (air) è uscito (-a) con un sibilo
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5 whoosh
[(h)wuʃ] 1. сущ.2. гл.The rocket leapt into the air with a whoosh. — Ракета со свистом унеслась в воздух.
а) разг. пронестись со свистом, с шумом; промчатьсяThe train whooshed past us. — Поезд с шумом пронёсся мимо нас.
б) издавать свистящий звук; двигать со свистом3. межд. -
6 ῥοῖζος
ῥοῖζος, ου, ὁ and ἡ (orig. ‘noise made by someth. passing swiftly through the air’, e.g. an arrow; Hom. et al.; IAndros-Isis 150 [I B.C.]; PGM 2, 96; LXX; Philo, Aet. M. 128; SibOr 3, 304) a sound produced by rapid motion, a whoosh ἤρχετο τὸ θηρίον ῥοίζῳ the beast was coming on with a whoosh (the dat., with various senses for the noun: Cornutus 1 p. 2, 14; Plut., Demetr. 898 [21, 13] of an immense structure designed as a ‘taker of a city’; Longus 2, 10, 2 of whistling; 2 Macc 9:7 a swiftly moving chariot; Jos., Bell. 3, 243.—233 and 488 of the irresistible rush of an attack) Hv 4, 1, 8 (if a hissing sound is meant, cp. Apollon. Rhod. 4, 129: the dragon who guards the golden fleece ῥοίζει πελώριον=hisses mightily; the noun follows in 138: ῥοίζῳ=[frightened] by a hissing).—DELG.
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