Zinc Definition

zĭngk

zinced, zincing, zincked, zincking, zinc, zincs

noun

zincs

A bluish-white, metallic chemical element, usually found in combination, used as a protective coating for iron, as a constituent in various alloys, as an electrode in electric batteries, and, in the form of salts, in medicines: symbol, Zn; at. no. 30

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
atomic number 30
zn

verb

To coat or treat with zinc; galvanize.

Webster's New World

Origin of Zinc

From German Zink, related to Zinke (“point, prong"), from Old High German zint (“a jag, point"), from Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle"), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)dont- (“tooth, projection"), see also Dutch tinne (“battlement"), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement"), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement"), Swedish tinne (“tooth of a rake"), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement").

From Wiktionary
German Zink possibly from Zinke spike (so called because it becomes jagged in the furnace) from Middle High German zinke from Old High German zinko

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition