vroom
vroom Lexical Profile
vroom Game Scores & Validity
• interjection
Used to represent or imitate the loud roaring sound of a motor vehicle engine revving or accelerating rapidly.
"The toddler pushed the toy race car across the kitchen floor, shouting "vroom!" as it rounded the table leg."
• noun
The loud roaring sound made by a motor vehicle engine when revving or accelerating at high speed.
"With a sudden vroom of its engine, the motorcycle pulled out into the passing lane."
• verb
To make a loud roaring sound or move rapidly while making such a sound (of an engine or motor vehicle).
"Classic sports cars vroomed down the coastal highway during the annual rally."
• Rhymes for vroom
Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the mid-20th century, this word is of imitative origin, coined to mimic the loud roaring sound of an internal combustion engine revving or accelerating.
Usage Trend
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