vroom

[ vroom, vroom ]

noun

1. the roaring sound made by a motor at high speed.

verb (used without object)

1. to make or move with such a sound.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to make such a sound.

vroom

/ vrʊm; vruːm /

interjection

1. an exclamation imitative of a car engine revving up, as for high-speed motor racing

Word History and Origins

Origin of vroom¹

First recorded in 1960–65; imitative

Example Sentences

Abe didn’t go to school much anymore, and he’d started hanging around the older boys whose vrooming motorcycles kept everyone up at night.

From Literature

Earth orbits the sun farther out, so our view of Mercury is similar to that of someone watching a race car vrooming around a track.

From Scientific American

“If going vroom makes the car go forward, maybe saying vroom backwards would make it back up. Moorv.”

From Literature

“You don’t think. You just go. It was an opportunity to make something happen. Thank God I was safe. I still got it. Vroom, vroom, let’s go!”

From Seattle Times

The pursuit starts on the streets, vrooming through the arcades along Rue de Rivoli, plunges into the Métro and, fittingly for this movie, terminates at the feet of the Paris Opera.

From New York Times