streak vs whoosh

streak

verb
  • To move very swiftly. 

  • To have or obtain streaks. 

  • To create streaks. 

  • To run naked in public. (Contrast flash) 

  • To run quickly. 

noun
  • The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain. 

  • The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area. 

  • An irregular line left from smearing or motion. 

  • A strake. 

  • A continuous series of like events. 

  • A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella. 

  • A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one. 

  • A rung or round of a ladder. 

whoosh

verb
  • 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 cause to pass quickly. 

  • 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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