zing
verb /zɪŋ/
/zɪŋ/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they zing | /zɪŋ/ /zɪŋ/ |
| he / she / it zings | /zɪŋz/ /zɪŋz/ |
| past simple zinged | /zɪŋd/ /zɪŋd/ |
| past participle zinged | /zɪŋd/ /zɪŋd/ |
| -ing form zinging | /ˈzɪŋɪŋ/ /ˈzɪŋɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] zing (something) + adv./prep. to move or to make something move very quickly, often with a high whistling sound
- electrical pulses zinging down a wire
- [transitive] zing somebody/something (for/on something) (North American English) to criticize somebody strongly
Word Originearly 20th cent.: imitative.