zing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋ
Noun
zing (countable and uncountable, plural zings)
- A short high-pitched humming sound, such as that made by a bullet or vibrating string.
- A witty insult or derogatory remark.
- (uncountable) Zest or vitality.
- 2006 May 25, Melinda Houston, “European Bier Cafe - Bar Reviews”, in The Age:
- To accompany a meal, the fresh Italian lager Poretti is perfect; Erdinger Weisbier, a wheat beer from Germany, is full of zing;
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- (uncountable, slang) Pleasant or exciting flavour of food.
Translations
a short high-pitched humming sound
Verb
zing (third-person singular simple present zings, present participle zinging, simple past and past participle zinged)
- To move very quickly, especially while making a high-pitched hum.
Interjection
zing
- (onomatopoeia) A high pitched humming sound.
- 1934, James F. Hanley (music), “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart”:
- Something inside of me started a symphony / Zing! Went the strings of my heart
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- (US, slang) Used to acknowledge a witty comeback, a zinger.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋ
- IPA(key): /zɪŋ/
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