different between whoost vs whoosh

English

Alternative forms

• hoost
• whost (Scotland)

Etymology 1

From Middle English hostyn, from Old English hw?stan (“to cough”), from Proto-Germanic *hw?st?n?, *hw?st?n? (“to cough”), from Proto-Indo-European *k??s- (“to cough”). Cognate with Scots whust (“to cough”), Saterland Frisian hoostje (“to cough”), West Frisian hoastje (“to cough”), Dutch hoesten (“to cough”), German Low German hoosten (“to cough”), Danish hoste (“to cough”), Swedish hosta (“to cough”), Icelandic hósta (“to cough”). Non-Germanic cognates include Irish casacht (“cough”) and Welsh pas (“cough”).

Verb

whoost (third-person singular simple present whoosts, present participle whoosting, simple past and past participle whoosted)

1. (intransitive, dialectal) To cough.

Etymology 2

From Middle English host, from Old English hw?sta (“a cough”), from Proto-Germanic *hw?stô (“a cough”). Cognate with German Husten (“a cough”), Alemannic German Wüeste (“a cough”), Danish hoste (“a cough”), Icelandic hósti (“a cough”).

Noun

whoost (plural whoosts)

1. (dialectal) A cough.

Anagrams

• how-tos, howtos, twoosh, whoots

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/, /w??/, /?u??/, /wu??/

  Rhymes: -??, -u??

Noun

whoosh (plural whooshes)

1. A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.

   • The snow burst through the trees with no warning but a last-second whoosh of sound, a two-story wall of white and Chris Rudolph’s piercing cry: “Avalanche! Elyse!”

   • "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." —Douglas Adams

Translations

Verb

whoosh (third-person singular simple present whooshes, present participle whooshing, simple past and past participle whooshed)

1. To make a breathy sound like a whoosh.

Translations

Interjection

whoosh

1. (sarcastic) Indicating that somebody has missed the point (i.e. it went over their head).