zing

🇺🇸 /zɪŋ/ 🇬🇧 /zɪŋ/
Frequency
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verb
R

To move quickly with a sound like a buzz.

The electrons were zinging through the circuit.

R

To criticize someone harshly.

The boss zinged the employee for his carelessness.

noun
R

A feeling of energy or excitement.

The new music added a lot of zing to the party.

translation

v. To move quickly with a sound like a buzz.; To criticize someone harshly.
n. A feeling of energy or excitement.

Word Forms

3rd Present zings
Progressive zinging
Past zinged
Plural zings
Perfect zinged