different between zoom vs goom

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: z??m, IPA^(key): /zu?m/
• Rhymes: -u?m

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeia. The verb was attested in 1892, noun in 1918 and interjection in 1942.

Noun

zoom (plural zooms)

1. a humming noise from something moving very fast

2. a quick ascent
3. a big increase
4. an augmentation of a view
   1. by varying the focal length of a lens
   2. by scaling its digital representation

Translations

Verb

zoom (third-person singular simple present zooms, present participle zooming, simple past and past participle zoomed)

1. to move fast with a humming noise

2. to fly an airplane straight up
3. to move rapidly
4. to go up sharply

5. to change the focal length of a zoom lens
6. (used with in or out) to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
7. Alternative letter-case form of Zoom

Derived terms

Descendants

• Dutch: zoomen
• Finnish: zoomata
• German: zoomen

Translations

Interjection

zoom

1. Representing a humming sound
2. Suggesting something moving quickly
3. Suggesting a sudden change, especially an improvement or an increase

Etymology 2

Genericization of the trademark Zoom, a video teleconferencing software.

Verb

zoom (third-person singular simple present zooms, present participle zooming, simple past and past participle zoomed)

1. To participate in a video teleconferencing call

Noun

zoom (plural zooms)

1. A video teleconferencing call.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Mozo, mozo

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sôom, from Old Dutch *s?m, from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (“that which is sewn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zo?m/
• Hyphenation: zoom
• Rhymes: -o?m

Noun

zoom m (plural zomen, diminutive zoompje n)

1. edge, border
2. hem (border of a cloth that is turned around and stitched)

Derived terms

• Bergen op Zoom
• zomen

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English zoom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu?m/
• Hyphenation: zoom

Noun

zoom m (plural zooms)

1. zoom (augmentation of a view)

Related terms

• zoomen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /zo?m/
• Hyphenation: zoom
• Rhymes: -o?m

Verb

zoom

1. first-person singular present indicative of zomen
2. imperative of zomen

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /zu?m/
• Hyphenation: zoom

Verb

zoom

1. first-person singular present indicative of zoomen
2. imperative of zoomen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English zoom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zum/
• Homophone: zooms
• Hyphenation: zoom

Noun

zoom m (plural zooms)

1. (photography) zoom

Derived terms

• zoomer

Further reading

• “zoom” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu?m/

Verb

zoom

1. singular imperative of zoomen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of zoomen

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English zoom.

Noun

zoom m (invariable)

1. (photography) zoom

Related terms

• zoomare
• zoomata

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

zoom

1. imperative of zoome

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• zum (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from English zoom.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?z?/

Noun

zoom m (plural zooms)

1. zoom (augmentation of an image)
2. (photography) zoom lens (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed)

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English zoom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu?m/

Noun

zoom m (genitive singular zoomu, declension pattern of dub)

1. (photography) zoom

Declension

Related terms

• zoomový

Spanish

Noun

zoom m (plural zooms)

1. (photography) zoom

English

Etymology 1

A dialectal variant of gum.

Noun

goom (plural gooms)

1. (obsolete outside dialects) Alternative form of gum
   • 1738 November 24, Richard Kay, Diary:

     November 24. This Day I've spent some Time in my Closet, have been but ill to Day of Tumour in my Goom which is this Afternoon burst.

   • 1833, Asa Greene, The Life and Adventures of Dr. Dodimus Duckworth, volume 2, page 5:

     "I'm cutting the goom," replied the student.

     "You've got the wrong tooth," roared the man.

   • 1898, The Outlook, page 69:

     Oh, just put a little hunk on the ‘ goom ’ over the tooth. I s'pose it kind o' stim-a-lates it."

   • 1907, William Carew Hazlitt, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases:

     Soon in the goom [gum], quick in the womb.

   • 1949, Cleone N. Collins, in an article published in Tic, the journal of the Ticonium Company:

     "And Doc will you take a look at my ‘goom’? I want my plates tight, so they won't drop or bob. Say Doc, will I be able to eat corn on the cob?"

   • 1973, Northwest dentistry, volume 52, page 94:

     Why didn't you just pull it? My goom still has a sore where you put that needle.

Etymology 2

Noun

goom (uncountable)

1. (especially Australia) methylated spirits.
   • 1988, Ruby Langford, Susan Hampton, Don't Take Your Love to Town, page 106:

     I rushed to see what was wrong and I could smell metho on his breath. 'Robbie, who gave you the goom?'

   • 1993, Mudrooroo, The aboriginal protestors confront the declaration of the Australian Republic, in The Mudrooroo/Müller Project: A Theatrical Casebook ?ISBN, page 107

     THE BUREAUCRAT I didn't touch him; I didn't touch him. The goom's got him.

     BOB He doesn't drink, mate. His system's not up to it.

   • 2000, Herb Wharton, Unbranded ?ISBN

     "No, don't bother, it's only a bottle of goom."

   • 2007, James Maxey, Bitterwood ?ISBN, page 181:

     He popped the cork to unleash the powerful, musk- sharp stench of goom, a powerful alcohol distilled from wild swamp cabbage and seasoned with cayenne. […] The goom spilled all over his torso. The burning sensation wasn't unpleasant.

   • 2009, Chloe Hooper, Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee ?ISBN, page 200:

     Zillman: "And he also had some goom, didn't he?"

     Kidner: "Yeah, methylated spirits."

References

• goom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Moog, gomo, mogo

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gome, goom. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gaumaz, *gaum? (“attention”).

Noun

goom m (uncountable)

1. (archaic) attention, gaum

   Synonyms: aandacht, attentie

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English guma.

Noun

goom

1. Alternative form of gome (“man”)
   • a. 1450, Arthur (Marquis of Bath's MS):

     Kynges & Erles Echon. Þes were; & many anoþer goom

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gaumr.

Noun

goom

1. Alternative form of gome (“regard”)