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vroom¹

  • /vɹuːm/ UK
  • /vɹum/ US
  • /vɹʊm/ US

Rhymes with -uːm, -ʊm

Where it comes from

Imitative.

interjection broom · brrm · brrrm

  1. often, reduplication The sound of an engine, especially when it is revving up. I never saw my uncle’s Ferrari, but I could always hear it going vroom as it flew past by my house.

noun vrooms

  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.

verb vrooms · vrooming · vroomed

  1. informal To move with great speed; to zoom.

Vroom²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Dutch Vroom.

proper noun Vrooms

  1. A surname from Dutch.

Translations

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intj the sound of a sports car’s engine

Françaisvroum
Deutschwrumm
Русскийбрум brum, врум vrum, вжум vžum, вж-вж vž-vž

noun the sound of an engine

Русскийрёв rjov

verb To move with great speed

Русскийнести́сь nestísʹ, пронести́сь pronestísʹ

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@misc{vroom_2026,
  title = {vroom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vroom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}