| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | From the sound |
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zoom1
[intransitive] informal
[intransitive] informal1 [always + adverb/preposition] to go somewhere or do something very quickly [= whizz, zip]
The work was really easy and I was able to zoom through it in a couple of hours.
The work was really easy and I was able to zoom through it in a couple of hours.zoom in
phrasal verbTCP if a camera zooms in, it makes the person or thing that you are taking a picture of seem bigger and closer
zoom out
phrasal verbTCP if a camera zooms out, it makes the person or thing that you are taking a picture of seem smaller and further away
