🚀 To rise quickly 💨 To move fast 📈 A rapid increase ✈️ A fast climb

zoom

3 4.1

A quick upward movement into the air, like a jet or rocket

noun
/zuːm/

: ascenso

With a burst of energy, she felt the zoom of the roller coaster as it ascended.

Examples

The kite experienced a sudden zoom when the winds picked up, soaring higher above the playground.
Below, the trappers watch the plane zoom over their heads.

Fiction book (1993)
As the sun sinks lower, we watch the first pizza delivery boys of the evening zoom off in their compact cars, and it's a sight that hurts to see.

Fiction book (1999)
Still, with legions of people wandering around New York with giant DSLRs and massive zoom lenses, it's always good to remember that if he could start his legend with a 50mm prime, what do you need a 30x zoom for?

Blog text (30)
The rocket's zoom into the sky amazed everyone at the launch site.

Synonyms

leap

vszoom

107 1.0

A jump through the air or a sudden strong feeling

refers to a sudden upward rise or movement rather than a bodily action

jump

vszoom

73 3.3

A sudden rise by a large amount

focuses on an abrupt upward motion often into the air

Antonyms

to fall

∞ 1.0

Move or drop down from a higher to a lower place

to descend

150 2.7

Move from a higher to a lower place

to plummet

93 5.8

Fall suddenly and steeply from a high place or in amount

Compounds

zoom lens

Specialized

5 3.7

A camera lens that lets you make distant objects appear nearer without changing lenses

How Fast

zoom

3 4.1

launch

589 4.0

takeoff

80 2.8

ascent

26 4.2

Surface Forms

zoom singular

zooms plural

Etymology

Zoom for a fast upward move in flight comes from the sound 'zoom' of engines or wind rushing past, so pilots call a sudden climb a 'zoom' because it feels and sounds like a quick upward rush.