OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 27478

zing

/zɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
silbido • zumbido
A short high-pitched humming sound, such as that made by a bullet or vibrating string.
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.
brío
Zest or vitality.
To accompany a meal, the fresh Italian lager Poretti is perfect; Erdinger Weisbier, a wheat beer from Germany, is full of zing;
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