I. zoom 1 /zuːm/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] informal
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: From the sound ]
1 . [always + adverb/preposition] to go somewhere or do something very quickly SYN whizz , zip
zoom off/around/down etc
Brenda jumped in the car and zoomed off.
The work was really easy and I was able to zoom through it in a couple of hours.
2 . ( also zoom up ) to increase suddenly and quickly SYN escalate
zoom to
Inflation zoomed to 123%.
zoom in phrasal verb
if a camera zooms in, it makes the person or thing that you are taking a picture of seem bigger and closer
zoom in on
The camera zoomed in on the child’s face.
zoom out phrasal verb
if a camera zooms out, it makes the person or thing that you are taking a picture of seem smaller and further away
II. zoom 2 BrE AmE noun [singular]
informal a sound made by a vehicle that is travelling fast