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Zing vs Ding - What's the difference?

zing | ding |

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.

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. }} ----

    ding

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) dingen, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.
  • (colloquial) A rejection.
    • I just got my first ding letter.

    Verb

  • To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.
    • The elevator dinged and the doors opened.
  • To hit or strike.
  • To dash; to throw violently.
  • * Milton
    • to ding the book a coit's distance from him
  • To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
    • If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board. — BBC surfing Wales [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/surfing/sites/features/pages/dings.shtml]
  • (colloquial) To fire or reject.
    • His top school dinged him last week.
  • (colloquial) To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty.
    • My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM.
  • (golf) To mishit (a golf ball).
    • Derived terms
    * ding up

    Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeic.English onomatopoeias Compare ,

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A high-pitched sound of a bell, especially with wearisome continuance.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
  • * Washington Irving
    • The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes.
  • To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
  • * 1884 , Oswald Crawfurd, English comic dramatists :
    • If I'm to have any good, let it come of itself; not keep dinging' it, ' dinging it into one so.
  • (intransitive, colloquial, gaming) To level up
    • See also
    * ding dong

    Etymology 3

    Romanized from (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid; also called ting.
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