Word Net

whish

1 make a sibilant sound

2 move with a whishing sound; "The car whished past her"

Moby Thesaurus

assibilate, assibilation, bullet, buzz, crinkle, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, fleet, flit, fly, frication, frictional rustling, hiss, hissing, hush, hushing, lisp, rhonchus, rustle, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, speed, spit, splutter, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, stave, sternutation, stertor, swish, wheeze, whirl, whisk, whisper, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, zip

English

Pronunciation

• , /wɪʃ/, /wIS/ or , /ʍɪʃ/, /WIS/ (in Scottish English and some English accents)

  Rhymes with: -ɪʃ

Homophones

• wish

Interjection

1. alternative spelling of whisht

Translations

Noun

1. A sibilant sound, especially that of rapid movement through the air.

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Verb

1. To make such a sound.

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