See vroom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ipa": "/vɹʊm/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːm"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊm"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To move with great speed",
"word": "zasuwać"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nestísʹ",
"sense": "To move with great speed",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нести́сь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pronestísʹ",
"sense": "To move with great speed",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пронести́сь"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"vroom"
],
"word": "vroom"
}
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