boing

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

  • enPR: boing, IPA(key): /bɔɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔɪŋ

Noun

boing (plural boings)

  1. The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.

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Verb

boing (third-person singular simple present boings, present participle boinging, simple past and past participle boinged)

  1. (transitive) To make a boing sound or bouncing motion.
    • 1988 October 7, Peter Friederici, “Auction”, in Chicago Reader:
      At its most extreme it is reminiscent of the boinging and buzzing of a Jew's harp.

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