Thesaurus results for WHISHED

whished

verb

past tense of whish

as in hummed

to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound seemingly out of nowhere, a baseball whished past my head

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as in hissed

to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ the match whished as it burst into flame

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The site opened itself fully to the public in February this year and has hummed along until the back half of 2024, with the presidential election, and the ensuing toxicity on X, turbocharging sign-ups.

Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
While the offense hummed for most of the game, the defense struggled to neutralize Allen.

Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024

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