"vroom" meaning in English

See vroom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /vɹuːm/ [UK], /vɹum/ [US], /vɹʊm/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vroom.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -uːm, -ʊm Etymology: Imitative Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative Head templates: {{en-interj}} vroom
  1. The sound of an engine revving up. Translations (the sound of a sports car’s engine): ղմ-ղմ (ġm-ġm) (Armenian), vroem (Dutch), vroum (French), wrumm (German), brum (Polish), вжум (vžum) [masculine] (Russian), вж-вж (vž-vž) (Russian), brum (Swedish), บรื้น (brʉ̂ʉn) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-vroom-en-intj-EGXA9D9j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 59 17 24 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 56 28 17

Noun

IPA: /vɹuːm/ [UK], /vɹum/ [US], /vɹʊm/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vroom.wav [Southern-England] Forms: vrooms [plural]
Rhymes: -uːm, -ʊm Etymology: Imitative Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vroom (countable and uncountable, plural vrooms)
  1. The sound of an engine revving up. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the sound of an engine): warkot [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-vroom-en-noun-EGXA9D9j

Verb

IPA: /vɹuːm/ [UK], /vɹum/ [US], /vɹʊm/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vroom.wav [Southern-England] Forms: vrooms [present, singular, third-person], vrooming [participle, present], vroomed [participle, past], vroomed [past]
Rhymes: -uːm, -ʊm Etymology: Imitative Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative Head templates: {{en-verb}} vroom (third-person singular simple present vrooms, present participle vrooming, simple past and past participle vroomed)
  1. (informal) To move with great speed; to zoom. Tags: informal Related terms: putt putt Translations (To move with great speed): zasuwać (Polish)
    Sense id: en-vroom-en-verb-WwdS~U-C

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/73/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-vroom.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-vroom.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/73/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-vroom.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-vroom.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To move with great speed",
      "word": "zasuwać"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "vroom"
  ],
  "word": "vroom"
}

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