Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to zoom
Participle: zoomed
Gerund: zooming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | zoom |
| you | zoom |
| he;she;it | zooms |
| we | zoom |
| you | zoom |
| they | zoom |
Perfect
| I | have zoomed |
| you | have zoomed |
| he;she;it | has zoomed |
| we | have zoomed |
| you | have zoomed |
| they | have zoomed |
Past
| I | zoomed |
| you | zoomed |
| he;she;it | zoomed |
| we | zoomed |
| you | zoomed |
| they | zoomed |
Pluperfect
| I | had zoomed |
| you | had zoomed |
| he;she;it | had zoomed |
| we | had zoomed |
| you | had zoomed |
| they | had zoomed |
Future
| I | will zoom |
| you | will zoom |
| he;she;it | will zoom |
| we | will zoom |
| you | will zoom |
| they | will zoom |
Future Perfect
| I | will have zoomed |
| you | will have zoomed |
| he;she;it | will have zoomed |
| we | will have zoomed |
| you | will have zoomed |
| they | will have zoomed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | zoom |
| you | zoom |
| he;she;it | zoom |
| we | zoom |
| you | zoom |
| they | zoom |
Perfect
| I | have zoomed |
| you | have zoomed |
| he;she;it | have zoomed |
| we | have zoomed |
| you | have zoomed |
| they | have zoomed |
Imperfect
| I | zoomed |
| you | zoomed |
| he;she;it | zoomed |
| we | zoomed |
| you | zoomed |
| they | zoomed |
Pluperfect
| I | had zoomed |
| you | had zoomed |
| he;she;it | had zoomed |
| we | had zoomed |
| you | had zoomed |
| they | had zoomed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would zoom |
| you | would zoom |
| he;she;it | would zoom |
| we | would zoom |
| you | would zoom |
| they | would zoom |
Perfect
| I | would have zoomed |
| you | would have zoomed |
| he;she;it | would have zoomed |
| we | would have zoomed |
| you | would have zoomed |
| they | would have zoomed |
Imperative
| you | zoom |
| we | Let's zoom |
| you | zoom |
Verbs conjugated like 'zoom'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'zoom'
boom,
coom,
doom,
foom,
loom,
room,
toom,
atom,
bloom,
boo,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- move fast with a buzzing sound
- rush
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Uncertain. The verb was first attested c. 1892, as a noun in 1918 and as an interjection in 1942. Apparently related to Scots soom (“to buzz, hum”), dialectal English and Scots soom, swoom, sweem (“to spin or twirl at high speed”). Compare also dialectal English sweem (“to swoon, become dizzy or faint”).
Verbs referencing "zoom"
Norwegian
zoome, Dutch
zoomen, German, old spelling
zoomen.
Sample Sentences
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We zoomed along the highway.
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He ran to his right and another shot came at his legs. It hit the floor and zoomed into a huge carboy of clams that split in half and emptied a hundred shell-fish over the floor. [1954, Ian Fleming, “Midnight Among The Worms”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 160:]
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[…] and it was strange sitting in their brand-new comfortable car and hearing them talk of exams as we zoomed smoothly into town. [1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC:]
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prices zoomed
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to zoom in or zoom out
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(Who's zoomin' who?) / Take another look and tell me, baby / (Who's zoomin' who?) / Who's zoomin' who? / (Who's zoomin' who?) / Now the fish jumped off the hook, didn't I, baby? / (Who's zoomin' who?) / Yeah [1985 August 27, Aretha Franklin, Preston Glass, Narada Michael Walden, “Who's Zoomin' Who”, in Who's Zoomin' Who?, performed by Aretha Franklin, track 4:]
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"It boggles my mind what kind of mentality is at work there." He pointed to two recent issues of the magazine that featured cover stories were about Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross, two pop music icons whose sexual orientations have been widely speculated on in Black lesbian and gay communities. "It makes you wonder if it's an insult to the intelligence of Essence’s lesbian and gay leadership," Cunningham said. "Who's really zooming whom here?" [1990 December 16, Chris Nealon, quoting Al Cunningham, “Essence Magazine Agrees To Run Gay Advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 13:]