zoom

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

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n 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

n a rapid rise

Synonyms:: rapid climb, rapid growth

Type of:: ascension, ascent, rise, rising
a movement upward

v move along very quickly

Synonyms:: whizz, whizz along, zoom along

Type of:: hurry, speed, travel rapidly, zip
move very fast

v 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

v move with a low humming noise

Type of:: go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically