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to zing

to zing

1 4.9
To be full of lively energy or excitement
  • verb
  • /zɪŋ/
translation icon : vibrar
  • I was thrumming with such a buzz of energy—light and air were zinging their way along all my dark and locked-up insides.

And your intuition is zinging about the sudden change in work.

Examples

  • And he zings another powerful forehand past Laver.

  • The kids zing around the playground, laughing and playing tag.

  • Casting something sort of against type really made the scene start to zing.

  • And your intuition is zinging about the sudden change in work.

  • She just zings with enthusiasm in this film.

    Blog text (10)
  • He sends the ball right back, zinging it into Heywood's hands.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Lately at Alcoa, the management had realized how rare undraftable colorblind 43-year-olds who knew how to run a crew were, and my father came zinging home from the plant, newly made a foreman.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • As the song played, the audience began to zing with excitement, their cheers growing louder.

  • She zinged through the finish line, filled with energy and joy.

Synonyms

to bustle
vsto zing
33 4.2

To move quickly and busily while doing many small tasks

moves or feels energetic and excited rather than simply busy

Antonyms

182 1.3

Not interesting or lively

30 3.9

Moving or working slowly and with little energy

Compounds

extra zing
  • Informal
1 4.9

A quality that makes food, events, or ideas more lively

How Energetic

to explode
579 2.8
to bustle
33 4.2
to zing
1 4.9
to move
1.0
to languish
32 7.2

Surface Forms

zing infinitive
zinged past
zinged past participle
zinging present participle
zings third person singular

Etymology

Zing as a verb is also used to show lively movement or feeling — picture music or people that 'zing' with life and energy, like a bright note that gives a lift. So to zing is to move, sound, or feel with energy and excitement.