Synonyms for zing


Grammar : Noun
Spell : zing
Phonetic Transcription : zɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for zing Other synonyms for the word zing

Définition of zing

Origin :
  • 1911, "high pitched sound," 1918, of echoic origin. Slang meaning "energy, zest" is attested from 1918.
  • noun liveliness
Example sentences :
  • I saw the small stab of flame, heard the zing of the bullet.
  • Extract from : « Beyond the Vanishing Point » by Raymond King Cummings
  • "Zing, Jasper," cried Cap'n Jack, when one verse was completed.
  • Extract from : « The Birthright » by Joseph Hocking
  • Any koot zinger can zing a peautiful zong and kif bleasure, I zubboce!
  • Extract from : « Trilby » by George Du Maurier
  • It looked as if we were going to win the game, and then zing!
  • Extract from : « Pitching in a Pinch » by Christy Mathewson
  • Zing, zing, zing—I hate your old heat a-singin' in my ears all the gosh-blamed time!
  • Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 » by Various
  • The bullet chipped a piece out of the main boom and went, zing, across the river.
  • Extract from : « Jack Harvey's Adventures » by Ruel Perley Smith
  • When you hear the zing of a spent bullet or the sharp crack of an explosive, you know it has passed you.
  • Extract from : « Trenching at Gallipoli » by John Gallishaw
  • But I voot zooner hear la Sfencali zing a scale zan anypotty else zing ze most peautiful zong in ze vorldt—efen vun of my own!
  • Extract from : « Trilby » by George Du Maurier
  • You vill hear her zum tay yourzellof, and you vill acree viz me zat zere are two classes of beoble who zing.
  • Extract from : « Trilby » by George Du Maurier
  • Quiz′ziness, oddness; Quiz′zing, raillery; Quiz′zing-glass, a single eye-glass.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) » by Various

Antonyms for zing

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