boing

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: boing, IPA^(key): /bɔɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪŋ

Interjection

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

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

• boingy

Descendants

• → Japanese: ボイン
  • → English: boing

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^[1]:

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

Anagrams

• Gobin, bigon, bingo, bog in