vroom

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UK/vɹuːm/US/vɹum/US/vɹʊm/

interjection

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.”

OriginDutch Vroom →
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Meanings

vroom1

interjection

alternative broom · alternative brrm · alternative brrrm

  1. oftenreduplicationThe 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.

nounvroom (plural vrooms)

plural 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.

    2003, Los Angeles Magazine, volume 48, number 2, page 52
verbvroom (third-person singular simple present vrooms, present participle vrooming, simple past and past participle vroomed)

present singular third person vrooms · participle present vrooming · participle past vroomed · past vroomed

  1. informalTo move with great speed; to zoom.

Vroom2

proper nounVroom (plural Vrooms)

plural Vrooms

  1. A surname from Dutch.

Origin

vroom · interjection, noun, verb

Imitative.

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Vroom · proper noun

  1. DutchVroom
  2. EnglishVroom

Borrowed from Dutch Vroom.

More words from Dutch

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Translations

Bulgarian брум, врум
  • брум (brum)the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • врум (vrum)the sound of a sports car’s engine
Dutch vroem
  • vroemthe sound of a sports car’s engine
French vroum
  • vroumthe sound of a sports car’s engine
German wrumm
  • wrummthe sound of a sports car’s engine
Norwegian Bokmål ærn-ærn
  • ærn-ærnthe sound of a sports car’s engine
Polish brum, warkot
  • brumthe sound of a sports car’s engine
  • warkotthe sound of an engine
  • zasuwaćTo move with great speed
Russian брум, врум
  • брум (brum)the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • врум (vrum)the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • вжум (vžum)the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • вж-вж (vž-vž)the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • рёв (rjov)the sound of an engine
  • нести́сь (nestísʹ)To move with great speed
  • пронести́сь (pronestísʹ)To move with great speed
Swedish brum
  • brumthe sound of a sports car’s engine
Thai บรื้น
  • บรื้น (brʉ̂ʉn)the sound of a sports car’s engine

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with vroom

homeroomzoomwhomassumeresumebathroomcostumeboomdoombloomtombconsumegroomHumeloombroompresumeplumewombboardroomgloomfumechum
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Cite this entry
APA

vroom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vroom

MLA

“vroom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vroom. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vroom,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vroom.

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