zoomies
English
Noun
zoomies
- plural of zoomie
- (plural only, US military slang) Nontechnical units of radiation, such as are present in a compartment containing or near nuclear weapons or a nuclear reactor, or are picked up on a dosimeter.
- I wouldn't go back there unless you want to get some zoomies!
- How many zoomies did you get today?
- (plural only, slang) A period of frenzied running in a pet cat or dog.
- 2005, Eve Adamson, Adopting a Pet For Dummies (page 148)
- No racing madly about for these pretty kitties, although all cats, particularly kittens, get the “zoomies” […]
- 2011, Jolanta Benal, The Dog Trainer's Complete Guide to a Happy, Well-Behaved Pet
- There was never a more affectionate dog, or one who looked sillier having the zoomies.
- 2015, Heidi Dietrich, Mornink Meetink Minuteys By Stellaluna The Cat
- Dere is more space in de libing woom for zoomies though and wese wike dat a lot. Wese lub zoomies!
- 2005, Eve Adamson, Adopting a Pet For Dummies (page 148)
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