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  • //zuːm//

A humming noise from something moving very fast.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    A humming noise from something moving very fast.

    the zoom of traffic

  2. 2

    übertragenA quick ascent.

  3. 3

    übertragenA big increase.

  4. 4

    An augmentation of a view, by varying the focal length of a lens, or digitally.

    What's the zoom like on your camera?

  5. 5

    SlangA recreational drug comprising a mixture of PCP and cannabis.

Herkunft

Uncertain. The verb was first attested c. 1892, as a noun in 1918 and as an interjection in 1942. Apparently related to Scots soom (“to buzz, hum”), dialectal English and Scots soom, swoom, sweem (“to spin or twirl at high speed”). Compare also dialectal English sweem (“to swoon, become dizzy or faint”).

Verb

  1. 1

    To move fast with a humming noise.

    We zoomed along the highway.

    He ran to his right and another shot came at his legs. It hit the floor and zoomed into a huge carboy of clams that split in half and emptied a hundred shell-fish over the floor.

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

  2. 2

    To zoom climb.

  3. 3

    To move rapidly.

  4. 4

    To go up sharply.

    prices zoomed

  5. 5

    To change the focal length of a zoom lens.

  6. 6

    To manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it.

    to zoom in or zoom out

  7. 7

    To check someone out; to investigate someone that one is interested in.

    (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

Interjektion

  1. 1

    Representing a humming sound

    Makowsky was playing the Bassgeige. Zoom... zoom-zoom.... The rest of the orchestra would join in presently.

  2. 2

    Suggesting something moving quickly

    I would dance a few light fantastic steps to show which way the wind lay, and zoom! Like a breeze I was on the piano stool and doing a velocity exercise.

  3. 3

    Suggesting a sudden change, especially an improvement or an increase

Verb

  1. 1

    To participate in a video teleconferencing call.

Herkunft

A genericization of the trademark Zoom, a video teleconferencing software.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    A video teleconferencing call.

    Then, later that day, I logged onto a zoom call and my mother and I set up our yoga mats in the living room, as we had been doing a couple of times a week during the pandemic.

Formen

Plural
zooms
Präteritum
zoomed
Partizip II
zoomed
Partizip I
zooming
3. Person Singular
zooms
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