Whish
[hwiʃ]
Definition
(verb.) move with a whishing sound; 'The car whished past her'.
(verb.) make a sibilant sound.
Checker: Williams--From WordNet
Definition
interj. hush!—also Whisht.—adj. (obs.) silent.
v.i. to move with the whizzing sound of rapid motion.
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Examples
- This hotel have recently enlarge, do offer all commodities on moderate price, at the strangers gentlemen who whish spend the seasons on the Lake Come. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The gun was firing now with the rocket whish and the cracking, dirt-spouting boom. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They were seventy-sevens and came with a whishing rush of air, a hard bright burst and flash and then gray smoke that blew across the road. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Edited by Gail