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Synonyms for zoom

Grammar : Verb
Spell : zoom
Phonetic Transcription : zum

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Définition of zoom

Origin :
  • 1886, of echoic origin. Gained popularity c.1917 as aviators began to use it; zoom lens is 1936.
  • verb move very quickly
Example sentences :
  • After that for some time only the zoom of the motor was heard.
  • Extract from : « Gypsy Flight » by Roy J. Snell
  • Jack had to "zoom" several times to get out of reach of the shells.
  • Extract from : « Air Service Boys in the Big Battle » by Charles Amory Beach
  • He had lost flying speed on his zoom to get at the green plane.
  • Extract from : « Aces Up » by Covington Clarke
  • When they saw him zoom once more into the air, their hearts bounded with him.
  • Extract from : « Famous Flyers » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
  • Just then the distant "Zoom" of the westbound Overland shook the silence.
  • Extract from : « Partners of Chance » by Henry Herbert Knibbs
  • This was the plane whose job it was to spot the target for the bombers and then zoom away.
  • Extract from : « Aces Up » by Covington Clarke
  • Us hear bullets go 'zoom' through de air 'round dat tree but us didn't know it was bullets.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. » by Work Projects Administration
  • Then the experienced pilot lifted her in a zoom that was simply magnificent, and they were off on their adventure at last.
  • Extract from : « Eagles of the Sky » by Ambrose Newcomb
  • He took her off with a rush and a zoom, falling easily into place between a flight of Spitfires and Hurricanes.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. » by Rutherford G. Montgomery
  • One of the planes on the left lifted a little to clear the zoom of the Me under him.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier in Italy » by Rutherford G. Montgomery

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