Zoom

/zuːm/ · noun

Meaning

A humming noise from something moving very fast..

Definitions by Sense

1. A humming noise from something moving very fast.
2. (figurative) A quick ascent.
3. (figurative) A big increase.
4. An augmentation of a view, by varying the focal length of a lens, or digitally.
5. To move fast with a humming noise.
6. (aviation) To zoom climb.
7. To move rapidly.
8. To go up sharply.

Example Sentences

the zoom of traffic

What's the zoom like on your camera?

We zoomed along the highway.

[…] and it was strange sitting in their brand-new comfortable car and hearing them talk of exams as we zoomed smoothly into town.

prices zoomed

to zoom in or zoom out

(Who's zoomin' who?) / Take another look and tell me, baby / (Who's zoomin' who?) / Who's zoomin' who? / (Who's zoomin' who?) / Now the fish jumped off the hook, didn't I, baby? / (Who's zoomin' who?) / Yeah

"It boggles my mind what kind of mentality is at work there." He pointed to two recent issues of the magazine that featured cover stories were about Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross, two pop music icons whose sexual orientations have been widely speculated on in Black lesbian and gay communities. "It makes you wonder if it's an insult to the intelligence of Essence’s lesbian and gay leadership," Cunningham said. "Who's really zooming whom here?"

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Word Forms

• zooms
• zooming
• zoomed

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