zing
/zɪŋ/
noun
- A lively, exciting quality or energy.
- Her presentation had real zing and kept everyone awake.
- The party needed a little more zing to get people dancing.
- Add some lemon juice to give the sauce extra zing.
- A sharp, high-pitched sound, like something moving fast through the air.
- A zing came from the guitar string when it broke.
- We heard the zing of a bullet as it flew past.
- The arrow made a zing as it hit the target.
verb
- To move quickly with a sharp, buzzing sound.
- The bee zinged past my ear.
- A fast car zinged down the empty highway.
- The tennis ball zinged over the net.
- To criticize or attack someone with a sharp remark.
- She zinged her opponent during the debate.
- He zinged his friend for being late again.
- The comedian zinged the politician with a clever joke.
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