zing
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Is zing a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of zing?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (slang) A witty insult or derogatory remark.countableslanguncountable
2. (uncountable) Zest or vitality.Examples: "To accompany a meal, the fresh Italian lager Poretti is perfect; Erdinger Weisbier, a wheat beer from Germany, is full of zing;"uncountable
3. (uncountable, slang) Pleasant or exciting flavour of food.slanguncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To move very quickly, especially while making a high-pitched hum.Examples: "We are all a second or two older than an astronaut who has been zinging around the Earth at 18000 miles per hour, because of his or her greater speed and the lack of gravity."; "When the caller identified herself as from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle my heart zinged. I heard the words we had yearned for since March: They had found a donor marrow, mismatched at one antigen, that might work for Jane."intransitive
2. (transitive, slang) To address a witty insult or comeback to.Examples: "Goomba: Ouch that was cold! Paragoomba: “What, you’re too good for us? Come off it, sister! Spike Goomba: “Nobody zings us like that! Nobody! Let’s get ’em!”"slangtransitive
intj (English)
1. (onomatopoeia) A high pitched humming sound.Examples: "Something inside of me started a symphony / Zing! Went the strings of my heart"onomatopoeic
2. (US, slang) Used to acknowledge a witty comeback, a zinger.Examples: "Zing! The joke had rebounded back on the one who started it. "Ouch!" Mama Jane winced ruefully. We all dissolved in laughter at the good-natured repartee."USslang
Definition source: Wiktionary