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boing

/bɔɪŋ/

boing interjection: a representation of the sound of something bouncing.

Interjection

  1. A representation of the sound of something bouncing.
    • "Phut." Something whipped into the ground beside him and there was a pinpoint flash from the cabin. "B-o-i-n-g-g-g." There was another flash and the bullet hit the rail and whined off into the night.1956, Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, published 1965, page 100
    1. (slang) Announcing the presence of large, pert breasts, which are bouncy.
    2. (slang) Announcing the advent of male arousal (erection), via the metaphor of a spring springing energetically.

Noun

boing (plural boings)

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

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.
    • At its most extreme it is reminiscent of the boinging and buzzing of a Jew's harp.1988 October 7, Peter Friederici, “Auction”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of boing

Noun
pluralboings
Verb
third-person singular presentboings
present participleboinging
past participleboinged
pastboinged

Origin of boing

Onomatopoeic. The “large breasts” sense is reborrowed from Japanese ボイン, in turn from English boing.

Words formed from boing

Words that rhyme with boing

Questions about boing

What does boing mean?
Boing means a representation of the sound of something bouncing.
What part of speech is boing?
Boing can be an interjection, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce boing?
Boing is pronounced /bɔɪŋ/.

Words near boing in the dictionary

  1. boilt
  2. boily
  3. BOINC
  4. boine
  5. boines
  6. boing
  7. boinged
  8. boinging
  9. Boingoloid
  10. Boingoloids
  11. boings

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