Word Net

zoom

1 a rapid rise [syn: rapid climb, rapid growth]

2 the act of rising upward into the air [syn: soar]

1 move along very quickly [syn: zoom along, whizz, whizz along]

2 move with a low humming noise

3 rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yes" [syn: soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge]

Moby Thesaurus

acrobatics, aerobatics, ascend, aspire, ball the jack, banking, barrel, become airborne, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along, brush, chandelle, claw skyward, climb, clip, crabbing, cut along, dive, diving, fishtailing, fleet, flit, float, fly, fly aloft, fly low, foot, gain altitude, glide, go fast, hang, highball, hoick, hover, kite, leave the ground, magnify, make knots, mount, nip, nose dive, outstrip the wind, plane, poise, pour it on, power dive, pull-up, pullout, pushdown, recede, rip, rolling, scorch, sideslip, sizzle, skim, soar, speed, spiral, spire, stall, storm along, stunting, sweep, tactical maneuvers, take off, tear, tear along, thunder along, volplane,

English

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /'/
• /zu:m/

  Rhymes: -ʊm

Noun

zoom

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

Translations

• Bulgarian: бръмчене (1), рязко изкачване (2), увеличение (3)
• Dutch: zoem (1), zoom (4)
• German: Vergrößerung (4)
• Interlingua: susurro (1); zoom (4)
• Portuguese: zumbido (1); zoom (4)
• Spanish: zumbido (1); zoom (4)

Verb

1. to move fast with a humming noise
2. to fly an airplane straight up
3. to move rapidly
4. to go up sharply, as in prices zoomed
5. to change the focal length of a zoom lens

Derived terms

• zoom in
• zoom off
• zoom out

Translations

• Bulgarian: бръмча (1), издигам (2), покачвам (3)
• Dutch: zoeven (1), zoemen (4)
• Finnish: zoomata
• German: vergrößern (4)
• Interlingua: mover se rapidemente (1); focalisar con zoom (4)
• Portuguese: zumbir (1); enfocar com zoom (4)
• Spanish: zumbar (1); enfocar con zoom (4)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /'/
• /zo:m/

Noun

zoom m

plural: zomen

1. border of a cloth that is turned around and stitched

French

Pronunciation

/zum/

Noun

fr-noun m

1. zoom (photography)

Zoom may refer to:

• An example of onomatopoeia that indicates swiftness
• Zoom lens and digital zoom, in photography and computer programs
  • In motion picture production, a camera movement requiring a zoom lens ("zoom in/out")
  • Page zooming
• Zoom climb in aviation

Companies

• Zoom Airlines, a Canadian based, low-cost trans-atlantic airline
• Zoom Corporation, a Japanese audio company, distributed in the U.S. under the Samson family of companies
• Zoom Technologies, a modem manufacturer located in Boston, Massachusetts

Television

• ZOOM, a children's television show created by PBS
• zOOm, an Indian entertainment and lifestyle television channel.

Music

• "Zoom", a song by The Commodores
• Zoom (album), an album by Electric Light Orchestra, released in 2001
• Zoom, an album by Tata Young, released in 2007
• "Zoom" (Lil Boosie Song), a 2006 song by American rapper Lil Boosie
• "Zoom" (Soda Stereo Song), a song by Argentinian rock band Soda Stereo
• "Zoom" (Dr. Dre song), a song by Dr. Dre & LL Cool J
• Zoom (song), a song released in 1982 by Fat Larry's Band
• Billy Zoom (b. Tyson Kindell), an American guitarist and founder of X
• Rump Shaker, a song by Wreckx-N-Effect that features the expression "Zooma-Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" in its chorus

Other

• Zoom (film), a 2006 film starring Tim Allen
• Zoom (game), a computer game
• Zoom Schwartz Profigliano, a drinking game often referred to simply as Zoom
• Zoom (comics), an enemy of the DC Comics character The Flash; one of the Reverse-Flashes.
• Zuum (Monster Rancher), a fictional character

See also

• Zoom In, a teen produced news and entertainment show which broadcasts in the San Francisco Bay Area on cable channels 27 and 29