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Recent Examples of zinger
Rarely has Sandler felt this in the pocket with quips and zingers.
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Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025
Both help each other out in a rousing narrative chock-full of real-life roundball stars and choice Sandler zingers.
2. 'Punch-Drunk Love' (2002)
Paul Thomas Anderson's romantic dramedy is the first to really toss Sandler in the awards-season mix.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 July 2025
An awards show for comedians always has its fair share of roast-worthy one-liners and zingers.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025
Throughout the show, Golden holds court as host, dishing out advice, zingers and questions, a big-haired, brunette mix of Carol Burnett and Dolly Gallagher Levi.
—Ryan P. C. Trimble, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
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Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025
Both help each other out in a rousing narrative chock-full of real-life roundball stars and choice Sandler zingers.
2. 'Punch-Drunk Love' (2002)
Paul Thomas Anderson's romantic dramedy is the first to really toss Sandler in the awards-season mix.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 July 2025
An awards show for comedians always has its fair share of roast-worthy one-liners and zingers.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025
Throughout the show, Golden holds court as host, dishing out advice, zingers and questions, a big-haired, brunette mix of Carol Burnett and Dolly Gallagher Levi.
—Ryan P. C. Trimble, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zinger
Noun
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Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism?—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism: Go f*** yourself.—
Eric Deggans,
NPR,
27 July 2025
Noun
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Look Who’s Talking, starring Kirstie Alley as a single mother whose son—first as an infant and then as a toddler—wisecracks like a sailor on shore leave, though only the audience can hear it.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 July 2025
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In an exclusive preview of the trailer for Entertainment Weekly, Lane teases several wisecracks from the upcoming special, including the white women bit that landed King in the live-TV-flub hall of fame.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In response to the rapper’s headlining slot at Glastonbury in 2008, Oasis’ Noel Gallagher made a quip that hip-hop does not belong at the festival.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
5 Aug. 2025
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Butler largely leaves it up to us to wonder what sort of virus might have brought about this crisis, save for a quip from Rye about Americans finding a way to somehow blame it on the Soviet Union.—
Aaron Boehmer
August 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Prices of stocks and bonds, along with long-term interest rates, have oscillated up and down in response to the daily verbal sallies from the White House.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2025
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The most comprehensive sally, of course, is the administration’s drastic and abrupt cut in funding by the National Institutes of Health.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Zinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zinger. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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