zoom

Meanings

Noun

• A humming noise from something moving very fast.
• A quick ascent.
• A big increase.
• An augmentation of a view, by varying the focal length of a lens, or digitally.
• A video teleconferencing call.

Verb

• To move fast with a humming noise.
• To fly an airplane straight up
• To move rapidly.
• To go up sharply.
• To change the focal length of a zoom lens.
• To manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it.
• To participate in a video teleconferencing call

Origin

• . The verb was attested in 1892, noun in 1918 and interjection in 1942.
• Genericization of the trademark Zoom, a video teleconferencing software.