Meaning

3 senses
  1. Exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank.

  2. Exclamation indicating a successful outcome or sudden realization.

  3. Exclamation acknowledging a witty remark.

Origin

Probably from zing. Appears to originate from the X-Files season 7 episode "Hollywood A.D.

Probably from zing. Appears to originate from the X-Files season 7 episode "Hollywood A.D." Popularized as the catchphrase of the character Sheldon Cooper on the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
successful prank or trick:gotcha
successful outcome or sudden realization:bingoeurekata-davoila
witty remark:zing

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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