[], (Verb)

Definitions:
- To expel breath loudly through the mouth (or nostrils); to make a gruff or abrupt sound resembling this.

- To utter or expel (words, breath, etc.) with or as a whoof. Also without object (of air, breath, etc.): to be expelled in this way. Often with out.

- To break wind, to fart.

- To move quickly with a rushing or whooshing sound, as of something passing rapidly through the air; specifically (of fire or flame) to flare up into a sudden blaze.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Hanning Speke (1827–1864), explorer in Africa. From whoof

[], (Interjection)

Definitions:
- Representing the sound made when expelling breath loudly through the mouth, expressing various emotions and responses, such as alarm, surprise, relief, etc.

- Representing a rushing or whooshing sound as that made by the wind, something travelling rapidly through the air, the sudden flaring up of a fire, a muffled or distant explosion, etc.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century; earliest use found in Frances Sheridan (1724–1766), novelist and playwright. Imitative

[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A sound of breath being expelled loudly through the mouth.

- A rushing or whooshing sound as that made by the wind, something travelling rapidly through the air, the flaring up of a fire, a muffled or distant explosion, etc.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century; earliest use found in Frances Sheridan (1724–1766), novelist and playwright. Imitative