Ok, what does "ZING" mean?

Question

I'm not an English native speaker, sorry, but I keep seeing the word "zing".

So far I've figured out that "ZING!!" is always, without any exception, preceded by a very, very lame boring religious joke.

My dictionary doesn't have the word "zing". It's Dutch for "sing", but that also doesn't help.

So, please, explain.

Answer 1

Us non-native speakers sometimes have to rely on Urban Dictionary.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zing&r=f

For instance, otherwise I would have never figured out some of the cultural highlights the US has produced such as a 'dirty sanchez' and the 'cleveland steamer', or the alternative interpretation to the 'strawberry shake'.

Answer 2

Zing Urban Dictionary

Answer 3

In this instance zing is short for "zinger" which is a short one-line (often a presumably witty) joke.

When placed at the end of a joke the word "zing" (a variation can be BA-ZING) is similar to the "rimshot" made at the end of lame jokes. (The rimshot being the double drum hit followed by a hit on the cymbals)

LIke: I just flew in from new york.... and boy are my arms tired! ZING!!!!

Answer 4

Used as a means of accentuating a humorous remark. It is often overused in much the same way an exclamation mark is.

Just think of a comedian placing his thumbs into his armpits and then flapping his arms up and down like a duck whilst saying "whack'a, whack'a", just to let you know that what he has just said is funny.

Answer 5

Lol.

Urban Dictionary (your favorite Markyyy) Says:
Zing: The new term for owned, said after saying something witty to someone in an insulting manner.

Answer 6

I use it to describe something spicy or tart, like, "Wow, that dish has a lot of zing."

The poster you are refering to is trying to say that his joke was snappy or a clever jibe at the target whom he is trying to put down in order to make himself feel clever or superior.

You know, like those charming gents in the schoolyard who give people wedgies and then strut around laughing.

Answer 7

Here: I shall use it in context. I have cut and pasted this from my response to Jimbo:

"How do you keep a zealot from suffocating?
Pull his head out of his @$$.

ZING back atcha!"

Answer 8

A joke is sometimes called a zinger. As a corny nickname.

Answer 9

It means yes

Answer 10

In the context of R&S it means JIMBO has made a fool of himself again.