zoom
to move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound: cars zooming by on the freeway.
to fly an airplane suddenly and sharply upward at great speed for a short distance, as in regaining altitude, clearing an obstacle, or signaling.
Movies, Television. to bring a subject, scene, etc., into closeup or cause it to recede into a long shot using a zoom lens and while maintaining focus.
Informal. to increase or rise suddenly and sharply: Rents would zoom without rent control laws.
to cause (an airplane) to zoom.
to fly over (an obstacle) by zooming.
the act or process of zooming.
a zooming sound.
zoom in (on),
to bring (a subject, scene, etc.) into closeup by using a zoom lens: to zoom in for a look at the injured man; to zoom in on a candidate at a political convention.
to examine more closely or in greater detail; focus on: The panel zoomed in on the subject of abortion.
Origin of zoom
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a brand name for a software application and online service that enables voice and video phone calls over the internet.
to participate in a real-time conversation with (one or more people) using Zoom: Yesterday the kids Zoomed their grandparents in Florida.We Zoom with remote staff during our Friday meetings.
Origin of Zoom
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How to use zoom in a sentence
Ronald Reagan twice said he spotted unexplained aircrafts zooming over California.
How many Benny Hill scenes involved the creepy, portly man zooming about perilously near an unfathomably stacked woman?
A single white ball arcs up into the baby blue sky before zooming back down to the ground at great speed.
The Girl From Ipanema Is Not Alone: Rio’s Famous Beach Is A Rich, Cultural Kaleidoscope | Brandon Presser | June 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had been delighting in zooming about just moments before.
He kept zooming in and zooming out with his camera, and it looked like there were people at the top of the tower.
New York Journalists Remember the First Moments of 9/11 | Abby Haglage | September 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Three times a great bare peak loomed suddenly up ahead of us, and Charlie averted collision only by zooming suddenly upward.
Astounding Stories, March, 1931 | VariousWhen Stan came zooming out of the top of the cloud, they were a bit startled and showed it by their hesitation.
A Yankee Flier Over Berlin | Al AveryThey went up rather steeply; but the ace was not zooming; he knew his machine.
Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound | Alice B. EmersonThe Wellington went zooming out into a world of brilliant sunshine—and considerably more than that.
Dave Dawson on the Russian Front | R. Sidney BowenA wild cry of alarm rose up in Dawson's throat, but his zooming heart won the race to his mouth and choked it off.
Dave Dawson on the Russian Front | R. Sidney Bowen
British Dictionary definitions for zoom
/ (zuːm) /
to make or cause to make a continuous buzzing or humming sound
to move or cause to move with such a sound
(intr) to move very rapidly; rush: we zoomed through town
to cause (an aircraft) to climb briefly at an unusually steep angle, or (of an aircraft) to climb in this way
(intr) (of prices) to rise rapidly
the sound or act of zooming
See zoom lens
Origin of zoom
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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