Sekirov Dictionary

zing

/zɪŋ/

noun 4
verb 3
exclamation 2
forms 3

noun4

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A short high-pitched humming sound, such as that made by a bullet or vibrating string.
- He listened to the zing and echo on the line, the chatter of distant operators, the patches of Morse from aircraft and ships at sea, quickly suppressed. — 1954
•
Zest or vitality.
- To accompany a meal, the fresh Italian lager Poretti is perfect; Erdinger Weisbier, a wheat beer from Germany, is full of zing — 2006
(slang) Pleasant or exciting flavour of food.
(slang) A witty insult or derogatory remark.

verb3

•
To move very quickly, especially while making a high-pitched hum.
- We are all a second or two older than an astronaut who has been zinging around the Earth at 18000 miles per hour, because of his or her greater speed and the lack of gravity. — 2000
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(slang) To address a witty insult or comeback to.
- Goomba: Ouch that was cold! Paragoomba: “What, you’re too good for us? Come off it, sister! Spike Goomba: “Nobody zings us like that! Nobody! Let’s get ’em!” — 2004
To make a zinging noise or sound.

exclamation2

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A high pitched humming sound.
- Something inside of me started a symphony / Zing! Went the strings of my heart — 1934
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(US, slang) Used to acknowledge a witty comeback, a zinger.
- Zing! The joke had rebounded back on the one who started it. "Ouch!" Mama Jane winced ruefully. We all dissolved in laughter at the good-natured repartee. — 2002

forms

zinged · zinging · zings

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