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zoomy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈzuːmi/
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From zoom + -y.

Meanings

1. (childish) That goes zoom!
   • We play a game she calls zoomy rocket, which usually draws some nasty maternal stares. 2004, Ad Hudler, Househusband, page 284:
   • Zoomy little race cars […] inhabit this season's Christmas toy departments Dec 1970, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 24, number 12, page 6:
2. (informal) sleek, speedy, streamlined
   • zoomy but faded paint jobs
   • In our recent visits to the Frankfurt and Tokyo auto shows, we saw the zoomy shapes we expect at major shows. May 1992, Popular Mechanics, page 39:
   • Does the zoomy new look of the TT [automobile] equate with a corresponding improvement in performance? 2007, Car and Driver, volume 52, page 59:
3. (slang) Stylish, as a zoomy car, or as someone who looks like they would drive a zoomy car
   • Her "mod zoomy little showcases," as she describes her boutiques, are as mod and zoomy as Johnson herself. 1984, Melissa Sones, Getting into fashion, page 237:
   • He caught a downtown bus and felt real good, real zoomy. 1960, Edward Hoagland, The circle home, page 191:
4. Obviously characteristic of a zoom lens
   • wobbly, zoomy, headachey shots
   • relies upon zoomy close-ups
   • However, the photography is at moments too poorly exposed, too zoomy, and the camera positioned too closely, for the footage to be useful 1977, American anthropologist, volume 79, page 760:
5. (slang) Evocative of Generation Z, or zoomers.
   • His love of avocado toast is so zoomy.

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zoomies