zing
vitality, animation, or zest.
a quality or characteristic that excites the interest, enthusiasm, etc.: a tourist town with lots of zing.
a sharp singing or whining noise, as of a bullet passing through the air.
to move or proceed with a sharp singing or whining noise: The cars zinged down the highway.
to move or proceed with speed or vitality; zip.
to cause to move with or as with a sharp, singing or whining noise: The pitcher zinged a slider right over the plate.
Slang. to blame or criticize severely: City Hall always gets zinged when crime increases.
Origin of zing
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How to use zing in a sentence
Pop, pop, pop, Ali—then Cassius Clay—surrounded the lumbering Scandinavian with zinging leather.
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull | Mark Jacobson | March 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTracer bullets, each with a descending arc, were zinging all around as Rigg swung LCI(L)-88 to the right.
The Story of the American Journalists Who Landed on D-Day | Timothy M. Gay | June 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is beautiful expository writing, a combination of detailed, spellbinding narrative, and zinging judgment.
But Herr Gott im Himmel, is it mit der organ alone dot zinging makes himself?
Kildares of Storm | Eleanor Mercein KellyTheir guns hammered and yammered out their song, and Dave could clearly see their tracers zinging down into the German plane.
Dave Dawson with the R.A.F | R. Sidney Bowen
How wil un ever baide aboard zhip, wi' the watter zinging out under un, and comin' up splash when the wind blow.
Lorna Doone | R. D. BlackmoreHe went out to where his followers made grisly zinging noises where they honed their knives.
The Pirates of Ersatz | Murray LeinsterThey was enough of them zinging around over the ring to make it look like it was floodlighted.
Hoiman and the Solar Circuit | Gordon Dewey
British Dictionary definitions for zing
/ (zɪŋ) /
a short high-pitched buzzing sound, as of a bullet or vibrating string
vitality; zest
(intr) to make or move with or as if with a high-pitched buzzing sound
Origin of zing
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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