vroomn.

Brit.

/vrʊm/,

/vruːm/, U.S.

/vrum/

Forms: Also varoom.

Etymology: Echoic.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

The roaring noise of a motor vehicle accelerating or travelling at speed. Also as v. intransitive, to make such a noise; to travel or accelerate at speed; as v. transitive, to rev (an engine) with such a sound. Also reduplicated and as int.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [noun] > roaring

brum1885

rev1942

vroom1967

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [verb (transitive)] > rev engine loudly

vroom1967

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > move or go along [verb (intransitive)] > go at speed (of motor vehicle)

vroom1967

burn1972

1967 M. J. Arlen in New Yorker 21 Jan. 76 To go varooming all over the desert in a couple of jeeps.

1968 L. Deighton Only when I Larf iv. 48 I..shaved off my moustache. Vroom vroom.

1969 Time 2 May 33 The foursome would prefer tough scramblers, ‘with big drive sprockets, knobby wheels—and more vroom’.

1970 Atlantic Oct. 75 The trooper lies on his back..reading Hot Rod magazine, hearing the vroom-vroom of engines.

1971 ‘H. Calvin’ Poison Chasers vii. 93 The car stood at the red light with the engine making impatient vroom noises.

1971 Time 19 July 59/2 Just give me ten showgirls out here, and varoom, the young guys'll come out of Los Angeles in first gear.

1973 J. Di Mona Last Man at Arlington (1974) iv. xv. 195 A bullet varoomed over his head.

1974 Guardian 21 Mar. 11/2 A score of big bad BSA's vrooming through a sleepy one-pub town.

1975 D. Lodge Changing Places 190 Morris pulled out and varoomed down the wrong side of the road.

1976 B. Jackson Flameout iv. 51 A gang of youths sitting astride motorcycles vroomed their engines.

1979 J. Hansen Skinflick x. 77 ‘How about a sports car?.. Let it roll off a cliff and catch fire. Just like TV. Sensational.’ ‘Varoom!’ Spence said.

1984 New Yorker 14 May 41/2 It wasn't the varooms and the screeching tires that spooked people.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vroom
释义	vroomn. Brit. /vrʊm/, /vruːm/, U.S. /vrum/ Forms: Also varoom. Etymology: Echoic. colloquial (originally U.S.). The roaring noise of a motor vehicle accelerating or travelling at speed. Also as v. intransitive, to make such a noise; to travel or accelerate at speed; as v. transitive, to rev (an engine) with such a sound. Also reduplicated and as int. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [noun] > roaring brum1885 rev1942 vroom1967 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [verb (transitive)] > rev engine loudly vroom1967 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > move or go along [verb (intransitive)] > go at speed (of motor vehicle) vroom1967 burn1972 1967 M. J. Arlen in New Yorker 21 Jan. 76 To go varooming all over the desert in a couple of jeeps. 1968 L. Deighton Only when I Larf iv. 48 I..shaved off my moustache. Vroom vroom. 1969 Time 2 May 33 The foursome would prefer tough scramblers, ‘with big drive sprockets, knobby wheels—and more vroom’. 1970 Atlantic Oct. 75 The trooper lies on his back..reading Hot Rod magazine, hearing the vroom-vroom of engines. 1971 ‘H. Calvin’ Poison Chasers vii. 93 The car stood at the red light with the engine making impatient vroom noises. 1971 Time 19 July 59/2 Just give me ten showgirls out here, and varoom, the young guys'll come out of Los Angeles in first gear. 1973 J. Di Mona Last Man at Arlington (1974) iv. xv. 195 A bullet varoomed over his head. 1974 Guardian 21 Mar. 11/2 A score of big bad BSA's vrooming through a sleepy one-pub town. 1975 D. Lodge Changing Places 190 Morris pulled out and varoomed down the wrong side of the road. 1976 B. Jackson Flameout iv. 51 A gang of youths sitting astride motorcycles vroomed their engines. 1979 J. Hansen Skinflick x. 77 ‘How about a sports car?.. Let it roll off a cliff and catch fire. Just like TV. Sensational.’ ‘Varoom!’ Spence said. 1984 New Yorker 14 May 41/2 It wasn't the varooms and the screeching tires that spooked people. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1967
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