• Zoom

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /zuːm/
    • Rhymes: -uːm

    Origin

    1892 verb, 1918 noun, 1942 interjection. Originally imitative of a sound.

    Full definition of zoom

    Noun

    zoom

    (plural zooms)
    1. a humming noise from something moving very fast
    2. a quick ascent
    3. a big increase
    4. an augmentation of a view as with a lens

    Verb

    1. to move fast with a humming noise
    2. to fly an airplane straight up
    3. to move rapidly
    4. to go up sharplyprices zoomed
    5. to change the focal length of a zoom lens
    6. (used with in or out) to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it

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