Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zoomie

/ˈzuːmi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: zoom-ie
IPA: /ˈzuːmi/

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A graduate of, or student at, the United States Air Force Academy, USAFA.

Slang

adj

Attributive form of zoomies (“frenzied running in a pet”).

Example Sentences

"Most of the zoomies in the audience are clean-shaven office poges who never go into the field."
"Then it's purely a coincidence that the last two zoomies to arrive here got assigned to Vung Tau, while every ROTC grad in the last month has been sent to god-awful Army camps, right?"
"The BX was huge, and the quality of the stuff was better than that of the Fort McClellan PX even though zoomies made the same amount of money that we did."
"A zipper head (an air force zoomie with his hair parted in the middle) walked up to me."
"zoomie hour"

Etymology

From zoom + -ie.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: zoom

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

zoomies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

zoomies

Homonyms

zoomy

Questions

How do you pronounce zoomie?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈzuːmi/.
What does zoomie mean?: A graduate of, or student at, the United States Air Force Academy, USAFA.
Where does zoomie come from?: From zoom + -ie.

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