单词 | zinger |
释义 | zingern. slang (originally U.S.). 1. Sport (originally Baseball). A ball thrown or hit hard and fast. ΚΠ 1906 Inlander 25 Apr. 10/1 Then Sling slammed a zinger across the outside corner. 1975 Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) 14 Aug. 53/6 Carlton hit a zinger, but Lopes somehow managed to glove the ball and turn it into a doubleplay. 1996 J. Davidson in W. Humber & J. St James All I thought about was Baseball 74 Then came another zinger on the inside corner... The ump called it a ball. 2017 Advocate-Messenger (Danville, Kentucky) 13 May b9 Every time Laura hits a zinger down the line and I can't get to it, I think, That's my doubles partner, that's awesome. 2. a. A question or remark designed to surprise or disorientate; an unexpected turn of events, a plot twist. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > act or instance of > surprising catch1674 catch question1836 trick question1939 zinger1954 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > cause of surprise > surprise question zinger1954 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > cause of surprise > turn in plot plot twist1920 twist1941 zinger1954 twisteroo1963 1954 N.Y. Amsterdam News 20 Mar. 17/2 The payoff is this zinger: some of the stud bosses are so desperate and the going is so tough that they're eying the scribe sheets to pick up on a possible slave. 1973 R. Thomas If you can't be Good (1974) vii. 51 I would drone along..asking tired questions... Then I would throw in the zinger and watch what happened. 1976 Publishers Weekly 2 Feb. 91/1 There's a zinger toward the end, in which the nominal hit man gets hit, but it doesn't really compensate for the tedium the reader's gone through. 2018 Postmedia Breaking News (Nexis) 20 Nov. Someone might throw you a zinger or make demands of you or surprise you in some way. b. A pointed or amusing remark, esp. one intended to humiliate or criticize; a quick-witted remark or observation, a wisecrack, esp. an effective one. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke > punchline tag line1926 boffo1934 payoff line1934 zinger1970 1970 Time 12 Oct. 7 Ann-Margret is giving him a hard time on the home front, too, tossing out little zingers about his advancing age. 1979 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 31 Mar. 76 (caption) One more zinger about my height, and I shall be compelled to thrash you mercilessly. 2012 K. Cole Poison Princess ii. 16 For someone who didn't have a mean bone in his body, he tended to land some zingers. 2018 i (Nexis) 20 Nov. 43 Packed with zingers, it's also a showcase for Moore's talent as a one-liner man. 3. Something which is a remarkable, exciting, or excellent example of its kind. Frequently in a zinger of a ——. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing starOE dainty1340 daisyc1485 say-piece1535 bravery1583 paragon1585 daint1633 rapper1653 supernaculum1704 dandy1785 roarer1813 sneezer1823 plum1825 trimmer1827 sockdolager1838 rasper1844 dinger1861 job1863 fizzer1866 champagne1880 beauty1882 pie1884 twanger1889 smasher1894 crackerjack1895 Taj Mahal1895 beaut1896 pearler1901 lollapalooza1904 bearcat1909 beaner1911 grande dame1915 Rolls-Royce1916 the nuts1917 pipperoo1939 rubydazzler1941 rumpty1941 rumptydooler1941 snodger1941 sockeroo1942 sweetheart1942 zinger1955 blue-chipper1957 ring-a-ding1959 premier cru1965 sharpie1970 stormer1978 1955 M. Allingham Beckoning Lady vi. 99 I don't know why it was such a zinger, unless it was that it was very big and very cheap. 1968 Times 30 May 10 I think every actress needs one zinger of a part early in her career. 1973 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 4 Nov. 79 (caption) A zinger of a novel. 1980 R. Adams Girl in Swing v. 63 My private collection was becoming what an American friend..described as a ‘zinger’. 2019 Scotsman (Nexis) 23 May A joyous female-centric update of a genre that's not really had a zinger of a mainstream film since Superbad. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1906 |
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