Zoom
- to call over the internet with the video-conferencing application Zoom
verb
- to move or travel very quickly
- to adjust magnification of view
noun
- periodical literature
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /zuːm/
intj
Etymology: Uncertain. The verb was first attested c. 1892, as a noun in 1918 and as an interjection in 1942. Apparently related to Scots soom (“to buzz, hum”), dialectal English and Scots soom, swoom, sweem (“to spin or twirl at high speed”). Compare also dialectal English sweem (“to swoon, become dizzy or faint”).
- Representing a humming sound
“Makowsky was playing the Bassgeige. Zoom... zoom-zoom.... The rest of the orchestra would join in presently.”
- Suggesting something moving quickly
“I would dance a few light fantastic steps to show which way the wind lay, and zoom! Like a breeze I was on the piano stool and doing a velocity exercise.”
- Suggesting a sudden change, especially an improvement or an increase
noun
Etymology: From Zoom, a videoconferencing software by Zoom Video Communications; renamed as such (from Saasbee) in May 2012 by Jim Scheinman after the American children's book Zoom City (1998) by Thacher Hurd for ostensibly encapsulating creativity, happiness and exploration. Scheinman had "been saving the name Zoom for a long time."
- A videoconference using Zoom.
“I have two Zooms tomorrow: one in the morning and another at noon.”
- Alternative form of zoom (“a video teleconference call.”).
- A video teleconference service or website.
verb
Etymology: From Zoom, a videoconferencing software by Zoom Video Communications; renamed as such (from Saasbee) in May 2012 by Jim Scheinman after the American children's book Zoom City (1998) by Thacher Hurd for ostensibly encapsulating creativity, happiness and exploration. Scheinman had "been saving the name Zoom for a long time."
- To communicate with someone using the Zoom videoconferencing software.
“Whether you’re Zooming it in or not sitting down on the job, here’s how to do it right.”
“These are professional, managerial, and technical workers – an estimated 35% of the workforce – who are putting in long hours at their laptops, Zooming into conferences, scanning electronic documents, and collecting about the same pay as before the crisis.”
- Alternative form of zoom (“to participate in a video teleconferencing call”).