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A racy sort of utterance (5)

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vroom

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(Other definitions for vroom that I've seen before include "Sound of a car speeding away" , "roar away" , "(Of engine) make roaring sound (colloq.)" , "Fast revving sound" , "Sound of an engine revving" .)

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