boing

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Interjection[edit]

boing

  1. A representation of the sound of something bouncing.
    • 1956, Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, published 1965, page 100:
      "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.

Noun[edit]

boing (plural boings)

  1. The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.
  2. (fandom slang, chiefly in the context of anime and comics) large breasts

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Japanese: ボイン

Verb[edit]

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[1]:
      At its most extreme it is reminiscent of the boinging and buzzing of a Jew's harp.

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