dash vs zoom

dash

verb
  • To run quickly or for a short distance. 

  • To leave or depart. 

  • To complete hastily. 

  • To ruin; to destroy. 

  • To dishearten; to sadden. 

  • To sprinkle; to splatter. 

  • To destroy by striking (against). 

  • To draw or write quickly; jot. 

  • To throw violently. 

noun
  • Violent strike; a whack. 

  • The dashboard of a Tumblr user. 

  • A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon. 

  • Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar). 

  • A rushing or violent onset. 

  • A short run, flight. 

  • Ostentatious vigor. 

  • The longer of the two symbols of Morse code. 

  • A slight admixture. 

  • A bribe or gratuity; a gift. 

  • A dashboard. 

  • A hyphen or minus sign. 

intj
  • Damn! 

zoom

verb
  • To move rapidly. 

  • To zoom climb. 

  • To move fast with a humming noise. 

  • To change the focal length of a zoom lens. 

  • To manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it. 

  • To go up sharply. 

  • To participate in a video teleconferencing call. 

noun
  • A humming noise from something moving very fast. 

  • A big increase. 

  • A quick ascent. 

  • An augmentation of a view, by varying the focal length of a lens, or digitally. 

  • A video teleconferencing call. 

intj
  • Suggesting something moving quickly 

  • Suggesting a sudden change, especially an improvement or an increase 

  • Representing a humming sound 

How often have the words dash and zoom occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )