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zoomies

Syllables: zoom·ies/ˈzuːmiz/

zoomies is the plural of zoomie.

Noun

zoomies pl (plural only)

  1. (US, plural, plural-only, slang) Nontechnical units of radiation, such as are present in a compartment containing or near nuclear weapons or a nuclear reactor, or are picked up on a dosimeter.
    • I wouldn't go back there unless you want to get some zoomies!
    • How many zoomies did you get today?
  2. (informal, plural, plural-only) A period of frenzied running in a pet cat or dog.
    • No racing madly about for these pretty kitties, although all cats, particularly kittens, get the “zoomies” […]2005, Eve Adamson, Adopting a Pet For Dummies, page 148
    • There was never a more affectionate dog, or one who looked sillier having the zoomies.2011, Jolanta Benal, The Dog Trainer's Complete Guide to a Happy, Well-Behaved Pet
    Synonyms:
    FRAP, frenetic random activity period

Meaning of zoomie

Noun

zoomie (plural zoomies)

  1. (slang) A graduate of, or student at, the United States Air Force Academy, USAFA.
    • Most of the zoomies in the audience are clean-shaven office poges who never go into the field.1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 39

Synonyms of zoomies

  • FRAP
  • frenetic random activity period

Origin of zoomies

From zoom + -ies.

Questions about zoomies

What does zoomies mean?
Zoomies means nontechnical units of radiation, such as are present in a compartment containing or near nuclear weapons or a nuclear reactor, or are picked up on a dosimeter.
What is zoomies the plural of?
Zoomies is the plural of zoomie.
What part of speech is zoomies?
Zoomies is a noun.
How do you pronounce zoomies?
Zoomies is pronounced /ˈzuːmiz/.

Words near zoomies in the dictionary

  1. zoomers
  2. zoometric
  3. zoometry
  4. zoomie
  5. zoomier
  6. zoomies
  7. zoomiest
  8. zoomimetic
  9. zoomimic
  10. zoominar
  11. zoominars

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zoomies (page history and authors); zoomie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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