voomint.
/vuːm/ U.S.
Indicating the sound of an explosion; usually in figurative contexts. Occasionally reduplicated as n., the roar of an engine being revved. Cf. vroom n.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [interjection]
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voom1964
1964 in C. Hamblett & J. Deverson Generation X 115 Ideally, according to them, young people should be seen and not heard. The moment they do something to draw attention to themselves, voom: trouble.
1968 S. J. Perelman in New Yorker 23 Nov. 58/1 The inspiration came to me—voom.
1978 N.Y. Mag. 3 Apr. 56/1 The screeching car brakes, honking horns, the voom-voom of motorcycles, and the thundering of First Avenue buses exhausted me.
1985 Observer 12 May 1/1 I thought someone had let off a smoke bomb, then voom it all went off.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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