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Definition of
va-va-voom noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
va-va-voom
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˌvɑ vɑ ˈvum
/
/
[
uncountable
]
(
informal
)
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the quality of being exciting or sexually attractive
First used in the 1950s to represent the sound of a car engine running.
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va-va-voom
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