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Zing

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: 1911, OED Evaluation: Colloquial. Originally U.S.

A sharp, high-pitched ringing sound

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The trick though is the sound because there's always an airplane or a car or-something zinging around so that's been a little bit of a challenge. So anyway, Captain-Meyers, he fought during the revolution, of-course the Americans won and ah the loyalists had to get out.
Making some kind of sound
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So then at the end when we were all saying bye, I- I said bye to her, I gave her a hug. Then I was like, "I hope married life gets better." (Laughs) Everybody's like, "zing!" (Laughs)
Making some kind of sound