Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A witty, often caustic remark.
- noun A sudden shock, revelation, or turn of events.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something that
zings . - noun A very
rapidly moving object, especially one that isthrown . - noun A
surprising or unusuallypointed ortelling remark. - noun An event that when experienced leaves the witness
dazed , either physically or metaphorically. - noun An outstanding, energetic and surprising thing or person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a striking or amusing or caustic remark
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Examples
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All I ask [here's the zinger] is that you send to my non-denominational non-profit organization, a love-faith offering to help cover the expense of mailing my cd to you.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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All I ask [here's the zinger] is that you send to my non-denominational non-profit organization, a love-faith offering to help cover the expense of mailing my cd to you.
The Dragon's Mailbag 2008
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Relatively newbie Miggs makes it look easy with this zinger from the Deception trailer thread: Oooooo!
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Going into the film knowing that, the zinger is less of a surprise when it happens.
REVIEW: The Village Kevin 2004
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Going into the film knowing that, the zinger is less of a surprise when it happens.
August 2004 2004
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(Our = my co-host Dan Snierson and our producer/editor extraordinaire, the czar of the subtitle zinger, Jason Averett.)
EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines Jeff Jensen 2010
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On the campaign trail, he had coined a zinger against rival Mitt Romney, saying President Barack Obama's health-care law was largely based on the policy Mr. Romney promoted as Massachusetts governor, and calling Mr. Romney's law "ObamneyCare."
Withdrawal Follows a Failure to Ignite Siobhan Gorman 2011
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A zinger is the hair-raising, nerve jangling, eye crossing, insane jolt of electric zappage that can happen to the tender nerve of a tooth when using any kind of tooth whitening process.
wilberteets Diary Entry wilberteets 2007
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There are no quotable Dynamite moments - the nearest we get to a zinger is the rugby union result "Nottingham 25, Broughton Park 4, Nuneaton 26" - but the struggles of Towers and his co-presenter are strangely mesmeric.
The Guardian World News Scott Murray 2011
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Unless you believe that this three-word zinger popped into the mind of every Toronto leftie through some kind of progressive mind meld, then what we are seeing is an orchestrated campaign to stick a label on Mr. Ford and his cost-cutting exercise.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARCUS GEE 2012
bilby commented on the word zinger
...went the stringers!
November 5, 2008
bilby commented on the word zinger
BTW I've never heard this used in Australia.
November 5, 2008
langas commented on the word zinger
Zinger burgers are the sex :D
September 14, 2009
zeke commented on the word zinger
A word I randomly looked up to test out the new comments stuff.
July 30, 2011