# Woosh

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woosh/281447
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [December 24, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woosh/281447 "2004-12-24T05:23:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woosh/281447/1 "2004-12-24T05:23:09Z")

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Could someone give a clear, concise definition of ‘woosh’? It would be helpful.

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### Author: ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2004, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woosh/281447/2 "2004-12-24T05:43:26Z")

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‘Woosh’ (or ‘Whoosh’) is the sound that a point or a joke makes as it zooms over someone’s head.

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### Author: ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2004, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woosh/281447/3 "2004-12-24T06:14:43Z")

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[Whoosh!](http://wavthis.com/SB/whoosh.zip)