zoomy

comparative zoomier · superlative zoomiest

1. childishThat goes zoom!

   Zoomy little race cars […] inhabit this season's Christmas toy departments

   Dec 1970, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 24, number 12, page 6

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   We play a game she calls zoomy rocket, which usually draws some nasty maternal stares.

   2004, Ad Hudler, Househusband, page 284

2. informalengineeringsleek, speedy, streamlined

   zoomy but faded paint jobs

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   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. slangStylish, as a zoomy car, or as someone who looks like they would drive a zoomy car

   He caught a downtown bus and felt real good, real zoomy.

   1960, Edward Hoagland, The circle home, page 191

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   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

4. artsObviously characteristic of a zoom lens

   relies upon zoomy close-ups

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   wobbly, zoomy, headachey shots

   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. slangEvocative of Generation Z, or zoomers.

   His love of avocado toast is so zoomy.