Standard Lemma guide

vroom

intj · name · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /vɹuːm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /vɹum/
  • US: /vɹʊm/
  • rhymes with -uːm
  • rhymes with -ʊm
  • CMU ARPABET: V R UW1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

The sound of an engine, especially when it is revving up.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: often, reduplication

Examples

  • I never saw my uncle’s Ferrari, but I could always hear it going vroom as it flew past by my house.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname from Dutch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The sound of an engine revving up.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To move with great speed; to zoom.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the roaring sound made by a motor that is running at high speed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sound

6

verb

Meaning 6

make a loud, roaring sound, as of a car engine, while moving

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: roar, howl

History

Etymology

Imitative.

Borrowed from Dutch Vroom.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ղմ-ղմ (ġm-ġm) — the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • Bulgarian: брум (brum) — the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • Bulgarian: врум (vrum) — the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • Dutch: vroem — the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • French: vroum — the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • German: wrumm — the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ærn-ærn — the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • Polish: brum — the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • Russian: брум (brum) — the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • Russian: врум (vrum) — the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • Russian: вжум (vžum) — the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • Russian: вж-вж (vž-vž) — the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • Swedish: brum — the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • Thai: บรื้น (brʉ̂ʉn) — the sound of a sports car’s engine
  • Polish: warkot — the sound of an engine
  • Russian: рёв (rjov) — the sound of an engine
  • Polish: zasuwać — To move with great speed
  • Russian: нести́сь (nestísʹ) — To move with great speed
  • Russian: пронести́сь (pronestísʹ) — To move with great speed