boingy

English

Etymology

From boing +‎ -y; imitative of the sound of elastic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɪŋˌɡiː/

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Adjective

boingy (comparative more boingy, superlative most boingy)

1. Producing an elastic, bouncy sound, like a "boing"
   • 2005, David Pogue, Mac OS X: The Missing Manual page 132‎^[1]:

     You hear a little plink/crunch when you drop an icon onto the Trash, a boingy thud when you drag something into a folder, a whoof! when you drag something off the Dock and into the oblivion, and so on.

   • 2002, Robert Corbet, Fifteen Love - Page 29:

     I would need a three-quarter-size bed, with a new mattress - one that's not so loud and boingy.

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• boying