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zoomy

/ˈzuːmi/

zoomy adjective: that goes zoom!

Adjective

zoomy (comparative zoomier, superlative zoomiest)

  1. (childish) That goes zoom!
    • We play a game she calls zoomy rocket, which usually draws some nasty maternal stares.2004, Ad Hudler, Househusband, page 284
    • Zoomy little race cars […] inhabit this season's Christmas toy departmentsDec 1970, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 24, number 12, page 6
  2. (informal) sleek, speedy, streamlined
    • zoomy but faded paint jobs
    • In our recent visits to the Frankfurt and Tokyo auto shows, we saw the zoomy shapes we expect at major shows.May 1992, Popular Mechanics, page 39
  3. (slang) Stylish, as a zoomy car, or as someone who looks like they would drive a zoomy car
    • He caught a downtown bus and felt real good, real zoomy.1960, Edward Hoagland, The circle home, page 191
    • Her "mod zoomy little showcases," as she describes her boutiques, are as mod and zoomy as Johnson herself.1984, Melissa Sones, Getting into fashion, page 237
  4. Obviously characteristic of a zoom lens
    • relies upon zoomy close-ups
    • wobbly, zoomy, headachey shots
  5. (slang) Evocative of Generation Z, or zoomers.
    • His love of avocado toast is so zoomy.

Examples of zoomy in a sentence

  • Does the zoomy new look of the TT [automobile] equate with a corresponding improvement in performance?2007, Car and Driver, volume 52, page 59:
  • However, the photography is at moments too poorly exposed, too zoomy, and the camera positioned too closely, for the footage to be useful1977, American anthropologist, volume 79, page 760:

Forms of zoomy

comparativezoomier
superlativezoomiest

Origin of zoomy

From zoom + -y.

Words that rhyme with zoomy

5 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about zoomy

What does zoomy mean?
Zoomy means that goes zoom!
How do you use zoomy in a sentence?
Does the zoomy new look of the TT [automobile] equate with a corresponding improvement in performance?
What part of speech is zoomy?
Zoomy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce zoomy?
Zoomy is pronounced /ˈzuːmi/.

Words near zoomy in the dictionary

  1. zooms out
  2. zoomusicological
  3. zoomusicologist
  4. zoomusicologists
  5. zoomusicology
  6. zoomy
  7. zoomycetophagous
  8. zoomycetophagy
  9. zoomylus
  10. zoon
  11. zoonal

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