Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 8th edition

Oxford University Press, 2010

zoom verb, noun

BrE /zum/

NAmE /zum/

verb

1 [intransitive] + adv./prep. (informal) to move or go somewhere very fast

rush, whizz

Traffic zoomed past us.

For five weeks they zoomed around Europe.

2 [intransitive] ~ (up) (to) (informal) (of prices, costs, etc.) to increase a lot quickly

and suddenly

House prices have zoomed up this year.

Shares zoomed from 1567p to 1700p.

zoom in/out (of a camera) to show the object that is being photographed from

closer/further away, with the use of a zoom lens

The camera zoomed in on the actor's face.

In the last shot he zoomed out to a wide view of the garden.

noun

1 [countable] = zoom lens

a zoom shot

2 [singular] the sound of a vehicle moving very fast