vroom

== English == === Etymology === Imitative. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /vɹuːm/ (US) IPA(key): /vɹum/, /vɹʊm/ Rhymes: -uːm, -ʊm === Interjection === vroom (often reduplicated) The sound of an engine, especially when it is revving up. ==== Alternative forms ==== broom, brrm, brrrm ==== Translations ==== === Noun === vroom (plural vrooms) The sound of an engine revving up. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === vroom (third-person singular simple present vrooms, present participle vrooming, simple past and past participle vroomed) (informal) To move with great speed; to zoom. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== putt putt == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch vrōme (“firm, upright”), an adjective derived from the noun vrōme (“benefit, use”), from Old Dutch *fruma, from Proto-Germanic *frumô. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vroːm/ Hyphenation: vroom Rhymes: -oːm === Adjective === vroom (comparative vromer, superlative vroomst) pious, devout Synonym: godvruchtig ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: vroom Negerhollands: vroom, vrom