zing

English

Pronunciation

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• Endrika:rhymes

Noun

1. A short high-pitched humming sound, eg that made by a bullet or vibrating string.

   1998, Edward E. Leslie - Desperate Journeys

   I heard a zing close to my head and looked up again. Five or six men were lined up on the deck above me with rifles shooting at the shark.

2. Zest or vitality.

   May 25 2006, The Age - European Bier Cafe - Bar Reviews

   To accompany a meal, the fresh Italian lager Poretti is perfect; Erdinger Weisbier, a wheat beer from Germany, is full of zing;

Translations

a short high-pitched humming sound

Spanish: Endrika:t, Endrika:t

zest or vitality

Spanish: Endrika:t

• Endrika:ttbc: sève

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Verb

1. To move very quickly, especially while making a high-pitched hum.

   2000, Nick Nelson - The Golden Vortex

   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.

Interjection

1. Endrika:context Used to acknowledge a witty comeback, a zinger.
   • 2002, Chellie Campbell, The Wealthy Spirit, Sourcebooks, ISBN 1-57071-777-X, page 162 [1]:

     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.

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Nerlandey

Pronunciation

• Endrika:IPA

Verb

zing

1. mpanao voalohany singiolary ny endrika manoro ny tao ny matoanteny zingen

1. filaza mandidy ny matoanteny zingen