Vroom

//vɹum// intj, name, noun, verb, slang

intj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    the roaring sound made by a motor that is running at high speed wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To move with great speed; to zoom. informal
  2. 2
    make a loud, roaring sound, as of a car engine, while moving wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    The sound of an engine, especially when it is revving up. often, reduplication

    "I never saw my uncle’s Ferrari, but I could always hear it going vroom as it flew past by my house."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Dutch.

Example

More examples

"I never saw my uncle’s Ferrari, but I could always hear it going vroom as it flew past by my house."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Imitative.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch Vroom.

Related phrases

putt puttrev upvroom vroom

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