zoom

¹zoom

verb \ˈzüm\

Definition of ZOOM

intransitive verb

1

a : to move with a loud low hum or buzz

2

of an airplane : to climb for a short time at an angle greater than that which can be maintained in steady flight so that the machine is carried upward at the expense of stored kinetic energy

3

a : to focus a camera or microscope on an object using a zoom lens so that the object's apparent distance from the observer changes —often used with in or out

4

: to increase sharply <retail sales zoomed>

transitive verb

: to cause to zoom

Examples of ZOOM

1. They got in the car and zoomed away.
2. The group of bicycle racers zoomed past.
3. After her first successful cases she zoomed to the top of her profession.
4. Housing sales have zoomed in recent months.

Origin of ZOOM

imitative

First Known Use: 1903

Related to ZOOM

Synonyms: bumble, burr, buzz, drone, hum, whish, whiz (or whizz), zip, whirr

Antonyms: crawl, creep, poke

Related Words: chirr, churr; thrum; fizz, hiss, murmur, purr, rustle, sigh, sizzle, swish, whisper; coo, curr; wheeze, whistle, whoosh

Near Antonyms: dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry; amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll; decelerate, slow (down or up)

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Rhymes with ZOOM

bloom, boom, broom, brume, combe, cwm, doom, flume, fume, gloom, glume, groom, khoum, loom, neume, plume, rheum, room, spume, tomb, toom, vroom, whom, womb