fleet vs whoosh

fleet

verb
  • To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy. 

  • To flee, to escape, to speed away. 

  • To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of. 

  • To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain. 

  • To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle. 

  • To move or change in position. 

  • To take the cream from; to skim. 

  • To evanesce, disappear, die out. 

adj
  • Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place. 

  • Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil. 

noun
  • A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. 

  • Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels. 

  • An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek. 

  • A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured. 

  • A large, coordinated group of people. 

  • Any group of associated items. 

  • A group of vessels or vehicles. 

whoosh

verb
  • To cause to pass quickly. 

  • To pass by quickly and more or less close or away. 

  • To make a breathy sound like a whoosh or extrude with such a sound. 

  • To happen while bypassing someone's detailed awareness, to have someone miss the point. 

  • To kill by gun, to shoot. 

noun
  • A homicide by shooting. 

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

  • A gun. 

intj
  • Imitates anything passing by quickly and more or less close. 

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

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