zoom

Meaning

Noun

1. A humming noise from something moving very fast.
2. (figuratively) A quick ascent.
3. (figuratively) 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. (transitive) 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.

Synonyms

soar

buzz

hum

zip

flash

dash

💨

whizz

dart

🎯

soar upwards

surge

rapid growth

rush

rapid climb

fly

✈️

whizz along

career

race

whir

whish

speed

zoom along

zoom in

squirt

streak

soar up

plunge

plunk

purr

regurgitate

resize

rise

run

scoot

scurry

shoot

skedaddle

speed-up

sprint

stoop

swish

swoop

tear

tingle

uplift

uplifting

whirr

whisk

whiz

zooming

birr

Translations

zoom

zumbar

schwirren

Zoom

zumbir

Gummilinse

Zoomobjektiv

zoemen

zoom

zoom

vergrößern

zoomer

Vergrößerung

zoomen

zum

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zuːm/

Etymology

Cognate with Scots: soom

In summary

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”).