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vroom

[vroom, vroom]
–noun
1. the roaring sound made by a motor at high speed.
–verb (used without object)
2. to make or move with such a sound.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause to make such a sound.
Also, varoom.


Origin:
1960–65; imit.
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vroom   (vrōōm, vrŏŏm)   
n.  The loud, roaring noise of an engine operating at high speed.
intr.v.   vroomed also va·roomed, vroom·ing also va·room·ing, vrooms also va·rooms
To move noisily at high speed in or as if in a motor vehicle.

[Imitative.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
vroom [vrum] and [vɑˈrum]

and varoom
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

vroom 
1967, echoic of the sound of a motor engine revving.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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