Zoombombing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Unwanted disruptive intrusion by a large amount of trolls into a video conference call. neologism, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Zoombombing. alt-of, countable, uncountable

    "Since the lockdown began, several black academics and educators have posted accounts on Twitter of racist “zoombombings”, where uninvited guests abuse the popular video service to broadcast offensive content."

  3. 3
    An instance of Zoombombing. countable, neologism

    "The San Jose-based online video provider has said it was tightening the platform's security to help prevent instances of video conferences being interrupted by Zoombombing incidents."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of Zoombomb form-of, gerund, participle, present
  2. 2
    present participle and gerund of zoombomb form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"The San Jose-based online video provider has said it was tightening the platform's security to help prevent instances of video conferences being interrupted by Zoombombing incidents."

Etymology

From Zoom, a video conferencing service, and bombing. Coined in the year 2020.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.