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Grammar : Verb
Spell : zing
Phonetic Transcription : zɪŋ



Definition of zinging

Origin :
  • 1911, "high pitched sound," 1918, of echoic origin. Slang meaning "energy, zest" is attested from 1918.
  • As in impugn : verb criticize, challenge
  • As in offend : verb displease, insult
  • As in prohibit : verb make impossible; stop
  • As in abuse : verb attack with words
  • As in slur : verb insult
  • As in bruise : verb break blood vessel; discolor
  • As in disallow : verb reject, prohibit
  • As in disapprove : verb condemn
  • As in displease : verb make unhappy
  • As in harm : verb injure; cause evil
  • As in hurt : verb cause mental pain
Example sentences :
  • A dozen times he sensed the zinging wrath of storms of bullets, a dozen times he escaped death by the breadth of a hair.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories, February, 1931 » by Various
  • They was enough of them zinging around over the ring to make it look like it was floodlighted.
  • Extract from : « Hoiman and the Solar Circuit » by Gordon Dewey
  • I have slept in the sand by the blue Mediterranean Sea, with the crickets and grasshoppers "zipping" and "zinging" all night long.
  • Extract from : « At Suvla Bay » by John Hargrave

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