/bɔɪŋ/
OriginOnomatopoeic. 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.”
- slangAnnouncing the presence of large, pert breasts, which are bouncy.
- slangAnnouncing the advent of male arousal (erection), via the metaphor of a spring springing energetically.
- The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.
- slangLarge breasts.
- 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.”
Formsboings(plural) · boings(present, singular, third-person) · boinging(participle, present) · boinged(participle, past) · boinged(past)