boing

B3O1I1N1G2
/bɔɪŋ/

interjection

A representation of the sound of something bouncing.

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

interjection
  1. A representation of the sound of something bouncing.

    "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.

    1956, Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, published 1965, page 100
    1. slanglifestyleAnnouncing the presence of large, pert breasts, which are bouncy.
    2. slangAnnouncing the advent of male arousal (erection), via the metaphor of a spring springing energetically.
nounboing (plural boings)

plural boings

  1. The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.
  2. slanglifestyleLarge breasts.
verbboing (third-person singular simple present boings, present participle boinging, simple past and past participle boinged)

present singular third person boings · participle present boinging · participle past boinged · past boinged

  1. transitiveTo make a boing sound or bouncing motion.

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

    1988 October 7, Peter Friederici, “Auction”, in Chicago Reader

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Origin

  1. Englishboing
  2. Japaneseボイン
  3. Englishboing

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

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APA

boing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boing

MLA

“boing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boing.

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