boink
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of boink
First recorded in 1980–85; imitative of bouncing or banging
Example Sentences
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With an oink oink oink and a boink boink boink,
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2018
And an oink boink boink and a boink oink oink,
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2018
When 100,000 people sang "boink", Craig David was all over it.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2017
Miniboink, a small boink held by Nancy Gillett in 1988; Minniboink, a Boinkcon in Minnesota in 1989; Humpdayboinks, Wednesday get-togethers held in the San Francisco Bay Area.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Raymond, Eric S.
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