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Zing   /zɪŋ/   Listen
Zing

noun
1.
A brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound.
2.
The activeness of an energetic personality.  Synonyms: dynamism, oomph, pizzaz, pizzazz.





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"Zing" Quotes from Famous Books



... tiger, and what not. Menace to Society and all that sort of thing. No holding him. For some unexplained reason the generous blood of the Belphers boiled over, and then—zing. They jerked him off to Vine Street. Like the poem, don't you know. 'And poor old Percy walked between with gyves upon his wrists.' And this morning, bright and early, the beak parted him from ten quid. You know, Maud, old thing, our duty stares us ...
— A Damsel in Distress • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
... his point. "That finger there, we'll say, is me, rakin' and rakin' hard as ever I can. And that fist there is the Almighty, not meanin' anything irreverent. I rake, same as I'm doin' this mornin'. The yard's all cleaned up. Then—zing!" Lute's clenched fist swept across and knocked the offending finger out of the way. "Zing! here comes one of the Almighty's no'theasters, same as we're likely to have to-morrer, and the consarned yard is just as dirty as ever. Ain't ...
— The Rise of Roscoe Paine • Joseph C. Lincoln
... and began to Ritz themselves. Every time Madam walked into one of those places marked "English Spoken while you Wait"—Zing! The Letter of Credit resembled a piece of Apple Pie just after the willing Farm Hand has taken a Hack ...
— Knocking the Neighbors • George Ade


Words linked to "Zing" :   activeness, oomph, sound, activity


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