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]
Interjection[edit]
boing
- 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)
- The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.
- (fandom slang, chiefly in the context of anime and comics) large breasts
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Verb[edit]
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[1]:
- At its most extreme it is reminiscent of the boinging and buzzing of a Jew's harp.
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