zing

Other forms of zing

plural

zings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about zing

What does zing mean?

zing means "a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in zing?

zing has 1 syllable: zing. In IPA it is /ˈzɪŋ/.

What is another word for zing?

Close synonyms include dynamism, pizzazz, pizzaz, oomph. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is zing a common word?

zing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.