zings

zing

1. noun, informal A particularly witty or cutting remark. She fired back with a zing that put Tom in his place. He filled his speech with humorous zings aimed at various people in the audience.
2. verb, informal To make such a remark at the expense of someone else. My mother won't hesitate to zing you if you say something foolish. The article made a point of zinging everyone who was in charge of the debacle.
3. interjection, informal An exclamation uttered aloud to emphasize or draw attention to a particularly witty or cutting remark. A: "I just heard that Tom was arrested for selling bogus travel-insurance." B: "I guess the only thing he ended up insuring was a one-way ticket to the slammer." C: "Haha, zing!"

zings

slang Sharp, shooting pains. I keep getting zings in my right thigh. My doctor thinks it might be nerve damage from the accident. I've never gotten the zings after having my teeth whitened, but I know that it is an issue that affects a lot people who try it for the first time.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

zings

n. the delirium tremens. The old guy was suffering from the zings.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • zing
  • fire and brimstone
  • butt
  • angle
  • angling
  • goose
  • goosed
  • swank
  • high
  • high, wide, and handsome
References in periodicals archive
Zing! Then, while England's Christians were still reeling, Lord Phillips, the Lord Chief Justice, admitted that five Sharia courts were already quietly but officially operating in Britain, handling civil cases for Muslims.
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Lee Grover of Newfield, NY zings the Left Coast with a legitimate beef
In fact, more than 1,500 fashionistas showed up that night to gasp over Cher's spider-woman Oscar dress, Elton John's "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" costume, and a really zingy beaded jumpsuit with a flower at the neck that Mitzi Gaynor wore on her 1978 TV special "Mitzi Zings Into Spring." That show earned Mackie one of his seven Emmys.
KARACHI -- Zing lightening bails have provided "good" entertainment to the spectators in the ground and viewers on TV.