zing, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

zing n.

[SE zing, energy, enthusiasm; ult. echoic of a high-pitched noise]

in pl. a state of drunkenness.

1927

‘Sl. Expressions for Drunk’ in New Republic in AS XVI:1 (1941) 9 Mar. 70: [...] has the zings.

put the zing on (v.)

1. to subject someone to one’s emotions, whether positive or negative.

1938		D. Runyon ‘It Comes Up Mud’ in Runyon on Broadway (1954) 533: Miss Beulah Beauregard has a very Southern accent, which makes her sound quite cute, except maybe when she is a little excited and is putting the zing on somebody.
1944		D. Runyon Runyon à la Carte 95: A fat guy who is still sitting in the grand stand putting the zing on Bill Terry for not taking Walker out of the box.

2. to ask for money.

1947

B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 238: The 50’s or C-notes that Vince came up with whenever Toro put the zing on him.