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boing

  • /bɔɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɔɪŋ

Where it comes from

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

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.
  2. slang, in the context of anime and comics Announcing the presence of large, pert breasts, which are bouncy.
  3. slang Announcing the advent of male arousal (erection), via the metaphor of a spring springing energetically.

noun boings

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

verb boings · boinging · boinged

  1. transitive To make a boing sound or bouncing motion. At its most extreme it is reminiscent of the boinging and buzzing of a Jew's harp.

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@misc{boing_2026,
  title = {boing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}