boing
English
Etymology
Onomatopoeic
Pronunciation
- enPR: boing, IPA(key): /bɔɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪŋ
Noun
boing (plural boings)
- The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.
Derived terms
- boingy
- boin
Verb
boing (third-person singular simple present boings, present participle boinging, simple past and past participle boinged)
- (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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Anagrams
- Gobin, bigon, bingo, bog in