zoom

/zum/

/zum/

Other forms: zoomed; zooming; zooms

Zoom zoom! This is a word for things moving quickly, either up or in a line. When you hear zoom, think fast.

Zoom is a word that can be a sound effect, a noun, or a verb. In comic books, you might see a spaceship taking off with a word bubble saying ZOOM!. Fast cars can zoom; airplanes can zoom. You could say, "In one zoom, we were in the air!" Zooming can also mean to move while making a low humming noise that sounds like zoom. Like boom, zoom is a fun word: it's hard to say Zoom zoom! and be in a bad mood.

Definitions of zoom

1. noun

   the act of rising upward into the air
   synonyms: soar

   type of:

   ascending, ascension, ascent, rise

   the act of changing location in an upward direction
2. noun

   a rapid rise
   synonyms: rapid climb, rapid growth

   type of:

   ascension, ascent, rise, rising

   a movement upward
3. verb

   move along very quickly
   synonyms: whizz, whizz along, zoom along

   type of:

   hurry, speed, travel rapidly, zip

   move very fast
4. verb

   rise rapidly
   synonyms: soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge

   types:

   billow, wallow

   rise up as if in waves

   cloud

   billow up in the form of a cloud

   type of:

   arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise

   move upward
5. verb

   move with a low humming noise
   type of:

   go, locomote, move, travel

   change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically