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vroom

/vɹuːm/US/vɹum/

vroom interjection: the sound of an engine, especially when it is revving up.

Interjection

  1. (often, reduplication) The sound of an engine, especially when it is revving up.
    • I never saw my uncle’s Ferrari, but I could always hear it going vroom as it flew past by my house.

Noun

vroom (plural vrooms)

  1. The sound of an engine revving up.
    • Our ears are assaulted with the screeching of tires, the crashing of trash cans, the exaggerated vrooms of a revving engine.2003, Los Angeles Magazine, volume 48, number 2, page 52

Verb

vroom (third-person singular simple present vrooms, present participle vrooming, simple past and past participle vroomed)

  1. (informal) To move with great speed; to zoom.

Proper noun capitalized: Vroom

Vroom (plural Vrooms)

  1. A surname from Dutch.

vroom meaning in Thai

vroom in Thai

the sound of a sports car’s engine
บรื้น brʉ̂ʉn

Forms of vroom

Interjection
alternative formbroom
alternative formbrrm
alternative formbrrrm
Noun
pluralvrooms
Verb
third-person singular presentvrooms
present participlevrooming
past participlevroomed
pastvroomed
Proper noun
pluralVrooms

Origin of vroom

Imitative.

Borrowed from Dutch Vroom.

Words that rhyme with vroom

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Questions about vroom

What does vroom mean?
Vroom means the sound of an engine, especially when it is revving up.
What is vroom in Thai?
Vroom in Thai is บรื้น (brʉ̂ʉn). See Vroom meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is vroom?
Vroom can be an interjection, a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce vroom?
Vroom is pronounced /vɹuːm/ (UK).

Words near vroom in the dictionary

  1. Vroman effects
  2. Vromans
  3. vromindoline
  4. vromindolines
  5. Vrona
  6. vroom
  7. Vrooman
  8. Vroomans
  9. vroomed
  10. vrooming
  11. vrooms

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