zinger

IPA: zˈɪŋɝ

(informal) A very rapidly moving object, especially one that is thrown.
(informal) A surprising or unusually pointed, humorous and impressive insult or insulting quip.
(informal) An event that when experienced leaves the witness dazed, either physically or metaphorically.
(informal) An outstanding, energetic and surprising thing or person.
Something to eat or drink that is tart and stimulating.
A surname.
A name used for several KFC products (e.g Zinger Box).

Examples of "zinger" in Sentences

Going into the film knowing that, the zinger is less of a surprise when it happens.
Relatively newbie Miggs makes it look easy with this zinger from the Deception trailer thread: Oooooo!
(Our = my co-host Dan Snierson and our producer/editor extraordinaire, the czar of the subtitle zinger, Jason Averett.)
All I ask [here's the zinger] is that you send to my non-denominational non-profit organization, a love-faith offering to help cover the expense of mailing my cd to you.
A zinger is the hair-raising, nerve jangling, eye crossing, insane jolt of electric zappage that can happen to the tender nerve of a tooth when using any kind of tooth whitening process.
There are no quotable Dynamite moments - the nearest we get to a zinger is the rugby union result "Nottingham 25, Broughton Park 4, Nuneaton 26" - but the struggles of Towers and his co-presenter are strangely mesmeric.
On the campaign trail, he had coined a zinger against rival Mitt Romney, saying President Barack Obama's health-care law was largely based on the policy Mr. Romney promoted as Massachusetts governor, and calling Mr. Romney's law "ObamneyCare."
Unless you believe that this three-word zinger popped into the mind of every Toronto leftie through some kind of progressive mind meld, then what we are seeing is an orchestrated campaign to stick a label on Mr. Ford and his cost-cutting exercise.