boing meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

boing

intj

/bɔɪŋ/

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

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:

Lifestyle Slang Announcing the presence of large, pert breasts, which are bouncy.

In the context of anime and comics

Slang Announcing the advent of male arousal (erection), via the metaphor of a spring springing energetically.

noun

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

The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.

Lifestyle Slang Large breasts.

In the context of anime and comics

verb

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

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

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