zoom

zoom¹ [zu:m] v [i]informal

[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: From the sound]

1.) [always + adverb/preposition]

to go somewhere or do something very quickly

= ↑whizz, zip ↑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

= ↑escalate zoom to

▪ Inflation zoomed to 123%.

zoom in phr v

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 phr v

if a camera zooms out, it makes the person or thing that you are taking a picture of seem smaller and further away

zoom ²

zoom² n [singular]

informal a sound made by a vehicle that is travelling fast