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Bing vs Zing - What's the difference?

bing | zing |

As a proper noun bing

is of (etyl) origin and unknown meaning or bing can be (internet) a search engine introduced by microsoft in 2009.

As a noun zing is

a short high-pitched humming sound, eg that made by a bullet or vibrating string.

As a verb zing is

to move very quickly, especially while making a high-pitched hum.

As an interjection zing is

(onomatopoeia) a high pitched humming sound.

bing

English

(wikipedia bing)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang): Prison solitary confinement, a term used by inmates.
  • (British) A heap or pile, such as a slag heap. Cognate with Scots bing.
  • The sound made by a bell, an
    • : Bing ! Ladies and gentlemen, in a few minutes the captain will turn off the fasten seatbelt sign, but for your own safety we recommend you stay seated and with your seatbelt securely fastened at all times. :: Toronto Star, "Ryanair looking at standing 'seats,' pay toilets", 2 July 2010 , Jim Rankin http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/831562--ryanair-looking-at-standing-seats-pay-toilets (accessed 17 September 2010) : Bing Bang Boing :: Douglas Florian, 1994 http://books.google.com/books?id=KtsSWKOWfnwC&printsec=frontcover
  • v=onepage&q&f=false (accessed 17 September 2010)
    • : The Tao of Bada Bing :: David Chase, 2003 http://books.google.com/books?id=R9FlujWxnDEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:ISBN1566492785 (accessed 17 September 2010)

    See also

    * ping * ding * boing * bada bing bada boom

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    zing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short high-pitched humming sound, eg that made by a bullet or vibrating string.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 1998-03-15 , author = Edward E. Leslie , title = Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls , publisher = Mariner Books , isbn = 9780395911501 , ol = 7468582M , page = 387 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=X0_S5AtHuY0C&pg=PA387&dq=zing , passage = 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. }}
  • Zest or vitality.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , date = 2006-05-25 , author = Melinda Houston , newspaper = , title = European Bier Cafe - Bar Reviews , url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/bar-reviews/european-bier-cafe/2006/05/25/1148519757307.html , passage = To accompany a meal, the fresh Italian lager Poretti is perfect; Erdinger Weisbier, a wheat beer from Germany, is full of zing ; }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move very quickly, especially while making a high-pitched hum.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2000 , author = Nick Nelson , title = The Golden Vortex , publisher = Conscious Publishing , isbn = 9781929096015 , ol = 8949607W , page = 89 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=xAOfLVoyCLIC&pg=PA89&dq=zinging , passage = We are all a second or two older than an astronaut who has been zinging around the Earth at 18000 miles per hour, because of his or her greater speed and the lack of gravity. }}

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (onomatopoeia) A high pitched humming sound.
  • * {{quote-song
    • , year = 1934 , composer = , title = , passage = Something inside of me started a symphony / Zing ! Went the strings of my heart }}
  • (US, slang) Used to acknowledge a witty comeback, a zinger .
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2002 , author = Chellie Campbell , title = The Wealthy Spirit , publisher = Sourcebooks , isbn = 9781570717772 , ol = 8698152M , page = 162 , pageurl = http://google.com/books?id=mU-DgUcd-5AC&pg=PA162&dq=zing , passage = Zing! The joke had rebounded back on the one who started it. "Ouch!" Mama Jane winced ruefully. We all dissolved in laughter at the good-natured repartee. }} ----