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# zinger

«zinger» in Mova's school dictionary: **a quick, clever and funny remark, often a sharp joke at…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a zinger, zingers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A zinger is a quick, clever and funny remark, often a sharp joke at someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinger/#m1)

2) (informal) A zinger can also be something surprising or striking, like a zinger of a question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinger/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk and comedy it names a witty one-liner. In stories it shows a sharp, funny character. Phrases: deliver a zinger, a real zinger.

### examples

- Grandma came back with a real zinger that made everyone laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinger/#x1)
- The comedian had a zinger for every heckler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinger/#x2)
- The quiz ended with a zinger of a question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinger/#x3)
- He thought of the perfect zinger an hour too late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinger/#x4)
- A good zinger is funny without being cruel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinger/#x5)
- Her speech ended with a zinger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinger/#x6)

### note

Informal, mainly American but understood everywhere. Countable. A zinger at someone can hurt; be kind.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «zinger» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinger/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.