zoom

Meaning

Noun

1. A humming noise from something moving very fast.
2. A quick ascent.
3. A big increase.
4. An augmentation of a view, by varying the focal length of a lens, or digitally.

Verb

1. To move fast with a humming noise.
2. To zoom climb.
3. To move rapidly.
4. To go up sharply.
5. To change the focal length of a zoom lens.
6. To manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it.
7. To check someone out; to investigate someone that one is interested in.

Intj

1. Representing a humming sound
2. Suggesting something moving quickly
3. Suggesting a sudden change, especially an improvement or an increase

Verb

To participate in a video teleconferencing call.

Concepts

zoom

buzz

hum

soar

dart

zip

whizz

flash

dash

whir

career

fly

race

speed

rush

streak

soar up

soar upwards

surge

whizz along

zoom along

rapid climb

rapid growth

zoom in

squirt

whish

purr

bolt

charge

gallop

hurtle

run

scoot

scurry

shoot

skedaddle

sprint

tear

steep climb

sudden rise

to cause to zoom

boom

drone

tingle

whirr

enlarge

magnify

varifocal

acceleration

gear up

increase of speed

speed increase

speed-up

image enlargement

flirt

rush violently

birr

fleet

travel rapidly

whisk

lift

mount

rise

uplift

uplifting

swish

whiz

barge

bear down

buck

burst

crash

fly by

forge

lance

lunge

nosedive

plummet

plunge

plunk

regurgitate

shower down

stoop

swoop

zooming

resize

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zuːm/

Etymology

Uncertain. The verb was attested in 1892, noun in 1918 and 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”).