zoomn.
/zuːm/, U.S. /zum/ 1. Aeronautics. A steep climb by an aircraft flying at high speed. Frequently attributive.
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > ascent or rate of ascent > sudden steep
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1917 Daily Mail 19 July 4/5 Did you see old Cole's zoom on a quirk this morning?
1918 Blackwood's Mag. June 762/1 The Hun's third repetition of the manœuvre was varied by a straight zoom instead of a climbing turn.
1932 Flight 1 Apr. 272/1 With the speed of modern fighters when on the dive, it might happen that the fighter pilots would experience ‘blacking out’ at the critical moment of the turn and zoom.
1960 Aeroplane 2 Dec. 741/1 At the zoom altitudes which the Mirage is capable of reaching, there is insufficient airflow through the engine to maintain afterburner combustion.
1988 Canad. Aviation May 27/1 The zoom climb produced a 1,200-fpm climb on the VSI initially—slowing to 900 fpm—not bad for just 47 horses (at sea level).
2008 G. J. Marrett Contrails over Mojave vi. 61 During the NF104 flight test program, Smitty reached a maximum altitude of 120,800 feet on one zoom.
2. colloquial. Zest, vivacity, vigour; zip; gusto. Cf. zoom int., vavoom n.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun]
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lustinessc1325
forcea1375
vigourc1386
virrc1575
vigour1602
nerve1605
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jazz1912
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toe1963
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1926 Harper's Mag. Mar. 468/1 They state bluntly that their own duty is to their readers who demand pep and punch and zip and zoom, and art can go hang.
1964 in C. Hamblett & J. Deverson Generation X 97 Perhaps also a man has to have a bit of an inferiority complex..to give him that extra zoom as a lover. A smug, inbred type like Roger doesn't care if he's a dead loss to a woman between the sheets.
a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1977) III. 297 I am definitely losing political zest, looking and feeling more detached, with less zoom, watching, not believing in things, not as enthusiastic or inspired.
1990 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 23 Sept. 59/9 Mitsubishi has given its small car, the imported Lancer, some extra zoom by adding two top-line models to the range.
2010 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 8 Dec. c1 Calgary's fourth line put in another buzzing effort. No goal. But plenty of zoom.
3. Cinematography and Photography.
a. A camera shot that changes smoothly from a long shot to a close-up, or vice versa, without loss of focus; the act or process of smoothly changing the magnification of a shot in this way. Frequently attributive. Cf. zoom v.1 3a.Recorded earliest in zoom shot n. at Compounds.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > shot > [noun] > types of
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glass shot1908
close-up1913
aerial shot1920
angle shot1922
medium shot1925
far-away1926
travelling shot1927
zoom1930
zoom shot1930
process shot1931
close-medium shot1933
medium close-up1933
reverse angle1933
reverse shot1934
three-shot1934
tilt shot1934
medium-close shot1937
reaction shot1937
tracking shot1940
pan shot1941
stock shot1941
Dutch angle1947
cheat shot1948
establishing shot1948
master-scene1948
trucking shot1948
two-shot1949
bridging shot1951
body shot1952
library shot1953
master shot1953
mid shot1953
MS1953
pullback1957
MCU1959
noddy1982
arc shot1989
pop shot1993
1930 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 25 Aug. 6/4 This mystery thriller also has one of the baffling ‘zoom’ shots.
1934 Electronics June 173/1 It is possible not only to change the focus easily so that close ups may be made, but ‘zooms’ and fade-outs are easily possible.
1948 Jrnl. Soc. Motion Picture Engin. 51 296 Does the speed change while zooming?.. The speed is independent of the zoom.
1962 Movie Dec. 6/3 The film ends on a zoom into a close up of Tolly's clenched fist.
1992 Which? Nov. 51/2 Zoom cameras let you match the focal length to the size and distance of your subject.
2013 New Yorker 29 July 15/2 Hong's briskly assertive drypoint style of long takes and sharp zooms has never been more expansive.
b. A zoom lens.Often preceded by numerical specification of its capability.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > lens > types of
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telephoto1894
monocle1897
stigmat1901
stigmatic1902
Long Tom1910
zoom lens1932
Panavision1955
teleconverter1959
macro lens1961
zoom1969
macro1971
1969 Pop. Mech. Oct. 163 For SLR owners, zooms mean less weight in the gadget bag.
1978 Amateur Photographer 29 Nov. 120 He uses a Nikon with 24mm, 43–86mm and 80–200mm zooms, and uses Kodachrome exclusively.
1982 ‘A. J. Quinnell’ Snap Shot vi. 99 [He] had taken the telephoto lens off the camera and replaced it with an all-purpose zoom.
1995 Camcorder User Apr. 78/3 An unashamed point-and-shooter from JVC which features little bar a 12x zoom and an AE dial for selecting..exposure modes.
2005 Computer Buyer May 134/2 A zoom is well worth having.
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zoom lens n. a camera lens or lens assembly whose focal length (and hence the magnification and the field of view) can be smoothly varied, typically while keeping the image in focus (cf. varifocal adj. a).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > lens > types of
portrait lens1852
short-focus lens1862
periscope1865
rectilinear1867
pantoscope1868
wide-angle1868
long lens1876
apochromatic1887
anastigmat1890
concentric lens1890
euryscope1890
landscape lens1890
rectigraph1890
symmetrical1890
concentric1893
telelens1893
telephoto1894
monocle1897
stigmat1901
stigmatic1902
Long Tom1910
zoom lens1932
Panavision1955
teleconverter1959
macro lens1961
zoom1969
macro1971
1932 Laredo (Texas) Times 27 June 1/7 This lens, called a ‘zoom lens’, is an interconnected series of lens elements which permit changing magnifying power of the lens.
1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File xxiv. 154 A zoom lens, one that would change its focal length.
1978 J. Gardner Dancing Dodo xix. 146 The drifting began. Like a huge, long pull-back on a zoom lens so that everything diminished.
2008 Sporting Shooter Nov. 102/1 Use the telephoto end of your zoom lens.
zoom shot n. a camera shot taken with a zoom lens.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > shot > [noun] > types of
long shot1858
glass shot1908
close-up1913
aerial shot1920
angle shot1922
medium shot1925
far-away1926
travelling shot1927
zoom1930
zoom shot1930
process shot1931
close-medium shot1933
medium close-up1933
reverse angle1933
reverse shot1934
three-shot1934
tilt shot1934
medium-close shot1937
reaction shot1937
tracking shot1940
pan shot1941
stock shot1941
Dutch angle1947
cheat shot1948
establishing shot1948
master-scene1948
trucking shot1948
two-shot1949
bridging shot1951
body shot1952
library shot1953
master shot1953
mid shot1953
MS1953
pullback1957
MCU1959
noddy1982
arc shot1989
pop shot1993
1930 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 25 Aug. 6/4 This mystery thriller also has one of the baffling ‘zoom’ shots.
1966 Listener 24 Feb. 286/1 A pre-credit titles vertical zoom-shot is served as hors d'œuvre for those with appetites for impudently expert camera work.
2012 Film Hist. 24 102/1 The scene consists of five zoom shots.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
zoomv.1
/zuːm/, U.S. /zum/ 1. intransitive. To move or travel very quickly, esp. making a continuous humming, buzzing, or droning sound; to make such a sound while moving quickly. Also occasionally transitive: to cause to move in this way; to propel quickly. Frequently with adverbs and prepositions indicating the direction of travel, as along, away, into, off, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [verb (intransitive)] > buzz
hurr1398
hoss1530
breeze1688
zizz1883
zoom1886
zither1889
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly with or as with sound
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hurtle1509
rattle1555
skirr1567
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brustle1638
clatter1810
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scream1943
1886 Cent. Mag. Jan. 426/1 The crystal went zooming into the fence-corner.
1905 ‘Q’ Shining Ferry xiv A couple of humble-bees zoomed against the window pane.
1924 Brit. Weekly 18 Dec. 270/1 Trams zoom along and buses rattle past.
1930 Pop. Mech. Dec. 145/2 Saws humming. Lathes turning. Band Saws zooming. Joiners buzzing.
1946 P. G. Wodehouse Joy in Morning xxix. 280 How would it be..to zoom off immediately, without waiting to pack.
1960 T. McLean Kings of Rugby 118 Hewitt soon zoomed away on the right.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 14 Aug. 16/1 Every night..a speedboat zooms into the Jones Beach Marine Theater.
1984 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 19 Sept. c3/1 Jim Tait zoomed his skateboard around the Orange locker room.
2010 C. Seife Proofiness iii. 77 What about the eerie footage of the accelerator pedal pressing down on its own and the Audi suddenly zooming out of control?
2. Aeronautics.
a. intransitive. Of an aircraft or its pilot: to make a steep climb while flying at high speed (cf. zoom n. 1). Also in extended use.Passing into sense 1.
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (intransitive)] > ascend or gain height > suddenly and steeply
hoicka1918
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1917 Sat. Jrnl. (Adelaide) 7 Apr. 6/5 The wind whistled about their ears, and, next second, they were ‘zumming’ up, climbing at an angle of quite 30 degrees.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. July 71/2 The bird checked, swerved and dived and zoomed back into level flight again.
1934 V. M. Yeates Winged Victory vi. 51 They would dive and zoom..but they would never dogfight Camels.
1962 S. Carpenter in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 75 At 28,000 feet, diving at 900 mph..we suddenly pulled through and started to zoom up again..This manœuvre converted some of our speed into zoom energy.
1980 J. Ditton Copley's Hunch ii. i. 115 He zoomed up and over to gain height.
1995 F. G. Vogel World War I Songs I. viii. 130/1 The country's bold pilots were not the least bit shy about zooming into the skies, forever willing and able to dogfight every enemy plane out of them.
b. transitive. To cause (an aircraft) to make a steep climb while flying at high speed; (also) to fly over (something on the ground) in this manner.
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (transitive)] > cause to ascend > suddenly and steeply
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1918 Flight 13 June 656/2 Watch me zoom those girls ahead on the beach, go on, wave to them!
1918 Independent 16 Nov. 208/2 I ‘gave 'er all the gun’ and ‘zoomed’ the château—that is, I almost went up the front of the place.
1928 V. W. Pagé Mod. Aircraft 521 A machine should never be ‘zoomed’ or made to jump into the air by a too-rapid movement of the elevator flaps.
1978 T-38 Talon 36/2 The aircraft should be zoomed (approximately 20 degrees nose up attitude).
c. intransitive. figurative. Of prices, costs, statistics, etc.: to rise sharply; to soar, to rocket.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (intransitive)] > rise (of prices) > suddenly or rapidly
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zoom1928
soar1929
rocket1931
to take off1935
to go through the roof1958
shoot1968
1928 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 30 Mar. 1/3 Common stock of Radio Corporation zooming up.
1970 Daily Tel. 6 Feb. (Colour Suppl.) 17/3 They must double labour and work overtime. Costs zoom.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 17 July 3/1 By March 1978..the dropout total would zoom to 498,300—50 times the total as of March 1972.
1981 Times 12 Sept. 2/1 He did not think that the Prime Minister had ever said the economy was going to zoom.
2014 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 4/4 A market where the house prices are ‘zooming out of reach’.
3. Cinematography and Photography.
a. intransitive. Of a camera, lens, etc.: to change smoothly from a long shot of a subject to a close-up, or vice versa, without losing focus; to change the magnification of a shot in this way. Frequently with in (on): to bring a subject into close-up (also figurative). Also with out: to change to a long shot of a subject, widening the field of view.With reference to digital photography overlapping with sense 4.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > lens > [verb (intransitive)] > zoom
zoom1944
to zero in1957
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > take photograph [verb (intransitive)] > of camera or lens: close up
zoom1944
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > camera movements > [verb (intransitive)]
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pan1928
truck1929
dolly1939
zoom1944
crane1957
track1959
whip-pan1960
1944 Pop. Photogr. Jan. 64 The camera suddenly zooms into the first scene.
1959 J. Halas & R. Manvell Technique Film Animation xix. 237 The scene opens with a full screen live-action back-projection shot which zooms to a miniature.
1962 Daily Tel. 8 June 23/7 The lens is capable of ‘zooming-in’ on a set target up to a mile distant.
1968 S. Yurick Bag x. 464 The camera zoomed in close, following her, closing-up, till the face of the jouncing baby..could be seen clearly.
1970 Amateur Photographer 11 Mar. 13 (advt.) Needle-sharp f1.8 lens—zooms from telephoto to wide angle.
1979 Observer 26 Aug. 20/8 The cameras..zooming in and out, whip-panning, busying about the place looking for new angles.
1989 A. Beattie Picturing Will i. ix. 84 You went away..smiling with the assurance that you had zoomed in on details people were too preoccupied, or too nervous, to notice.
2004 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Dec. 54/3 A photographer..will use a short-focal-length wide-angle, or ‘fisheye’, lens to zoom out, revealing the fans throughout the stadium.
2011 Independent 14 Sept. (Viewspaper section) 3/1 They would use the cameras to zoom in on anyone they fancied taking a closer look at.
b. transitive. To cause (a camera, lens, etc.) to change the magnification of a shot in this way; to cause to zoom in or out.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > lens > [verb (transitive)] > zoom
zoom1944
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > photograph [verb (transitive)] > alter range of lens
zoom1944
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > camera movements > move camera [verb (transitive)]
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1944 Pop. Photogr. Jan. 64 The camera is zoomed into the first scene.
1952 Appl. Electronics Ann. 1951 57/1 The construction makes it possible for the operator to ‘zoom’ the lenses after the ball or player.
1979 SLR Camera Mar. 5/3 Have you tried focusing and zooming a lens that operates in the opposite direction to others in your gadget bag?
2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 Mar. a27/2 Why zoom the camera in on Paula Zahn's lips and advertise her as sexy?
4. intransitive. Computing. To enlarge or decrease the size of (part of) an electronic image, document, etc., displayed on a screen. Frequently with in (on), out (cf. sense 3a).
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1965 Western Machinery & Steel World Oct. 29/2 He can examine this electronic ‘drawing’ in detail by zooming in on selected portions of it.
1984 Tekalike, a Tektronix Terminal Emulator in fa.info-mac (Usenet newsgroup) 16 Nov. The program redraws the recording so that the portion selected fills the screen. One can zoom again, and again, and again.
2005 H. Bradley et al. Creative Scrapbooking with your Computer iv. 108/2 Click to select the tool, then click on the image to zoom in.
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Zoomv.2
/zuːm/, U.S. /zum/ intransitive and transitive. To communicate with (a person or group of people) over the internet, typically by video-chatting, using the Zoom application.
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2014 @MariaSwanson5 13 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 11 June 2020) RRHS Marine Honors Students ‘zooming’ with a research vessel in the South China Sea!
2019 @taramcallister4 19 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 11 June 2020) I am zooming my friend.
2020 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 13 Apr. By now, most of us have probably Zoomed, especially since the Coronavirus pandemic has forced most of us to stay and work from home over the last few months.
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zoomint.
/zuːm/, U.S. /zum/ Representing a zooming sound, as made by something travelling at speed. Frequently used to express a sudden swift movement or (figurative) a rapid change, as a sudden rise or fall in fortunes.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [interjection] > sudden rise
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [interjection] > rushing sound
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1856 Knickerbocker Sept. 319 Essayed to read a small Roman Catholic book..when ‘zoom!’ a yellow-jacket hornet stung him under the left ear.
1867 Galaxy Nov. 612 The foe—they come; Sound, sound the drum! Zoom! Rat-a-tat!
1939 H. Miller Tropic of Capricorn 258 I would dance a few light fantastic steps..and zoom! like a breeze I was on the piano stool and doing a velocity exercise.
1942 D. Powell Time to be Born vi. 130 Men..just lucky enough to hold a job a few years and then—zoom!
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 25 Dec. 4/2 People began to talk about him. An article appeared in Advertising Age... Then he wrote a guest column for the Hollywood Reporter. Zoom.
2009 West Briton (Nexis) 26 Nov. 8 I saw the bike accelerating: it just went ‘zoom’ past us.
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