'Throw' sound effect

[newpaws]

hello ive got physics home work to do for monday i have to write about the sound an object makes when it cuts through the air (like swing a baseball bat) you hear the whooshing sound

 

can someone please tell me what this sound is called and why it does it?

 

thanks appreachate any info

[Jay-qu]

Sound is a wave that propagates by the compression and decompression of air particles.

 

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