zoomverb
uk/zuːm/us/zuːm/informal[ I + adv/prep ] to move very quickly:
They got into the car and zoomed off.
In the last few metres of the race, she suddenly zoomed ahead.
[ I ] If prices or sales zoom, they increase suddenly and quickly:
House prices suddenly zoomed up last year.
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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Phrasal verb(s)
zoom in/out
zoom in on sth
zoomnoun [ C ]
uk/zuːm/us/zuːm/informala zoom lens
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Photography
- airbrush
- aperture
- camera
- camera obscura
- camera-shy
- capture
- exposure
- high-resolution
- hologram
- holography
- kinetoscope
- lo-res
- say cheese idiom
- selfie
- sharp
- shoot
- shutter
- slide
- SLR camera
- snapshot
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