/vɹuːm/, /vɹum/, /vɹʊm/
- often, reduplicationThe 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.”
- 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.”
- informalTo move with great speed; to zoom.
Formsbroom(alternative) · brrm(alternative) · brrrm(alternative) · vrooms(plural) · vrooms(present, singular, third-person) · vrooming(participle, present) · vroomed(participle, past) · vroomed(past) · Vrooms(plural)