vroom

English

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Etymology

Imitative

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɹʊm/, /vɹuːm/
• Rhymes: -ʊm, Rhymes: -uːm

Interjection

vroom

1. The sound of an engine revving up

   I never saw my uncle’s Ferrari, but I could always hear it going vroom as it flew past by my house.

Translations

the sound of a sports car’s engine

• Armenian: ղմ-ղմ (hy) (ġm-ġm)

• French: vroum (fr)

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.

See also

• putt putt

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːm

Adjective

vroom (comparative vromer, superlative vroomst)

1. pious, devout

Declension

Declension of vroom

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		vroom	vromer
neuter singular	indefinite	vroom	vromer
	definite	vrome	vromere	vroomste	vroomst, vroomste
common singular		vrome	vromere	vroomste	vroomste
plural		vrome	vromere	vroomste	vroomste
partitive		vrooms	vromers

Synonyms

• godvruchtig

Related terms

• godsdienstig