Zoom
Pronunciation
- IPA: /zuËm/
- Rhymes: -uËm
Origin
1892 verb, 1918 noun, 1942 interjection. Originally imitative of a sound.
Full definition of zoom
Noun
zoom
(plural zooms)- a humming noise from something moving very fast
- a quick ascent
- a big increase
- an augmentation of a view as with a lens
Verb
- to move fast with a humming noise
- to fly an airplane straight up
- to move rapidly
- to go up sharplyprices zoomed
- to change the focal length of a zoom lens
- (used with in or out) to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it