boing
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
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to make a reverberating sound like that made by a spring when released.
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to bounce like a released spring.
interjection
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His supporters hope his previous bounce-back-ability has at least one more boing in it.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2022
The boing of a giant bronze bell calling the faithful to prayer.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2015
It's been "boing, boing" rather than "boring, boring" at The Hawthorns for more than a decade but drama-free seasons do have their merits.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 11, 2011
Let me reiterate the sound effect: That’s swoosh, not boing.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2011
“Come with me,” Maya-Jade said, flouncing in front of him, her clipboard going boing, boing against her hip.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
The Atlanta rapper 24hrs sing-raps assorted phrases in “Notice,” but all the action is in the track: viscous bass tones stopping and starting, little whistling interjections, double-time boings and swoops and tinkles.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2021
Folklife wouldn’t be Folklife without Zimbabwean marimba, and the 12-strong group Niyamuziwa obliged with ad hoc booms and boings on the Exhibition Hall lawn.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2014
Do you know how much he would have raised if he’d chickened out and boinged around the garden on an inflatable spacehopper instead?
From The Guardian ● Jun. 30, 2020
When his next shot boinged sideways into the protective netting, he cracked up.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 12, 2017
Second place receives a fabulous fuzzy green and yellow beanie with soft noodly tentacles boinging out every which way.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2016
Maybe he'll prove me wrong this weekend by boinging around on a Space Hopper and singing a disco version of I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2012
He made a wondrous first-innings hundred from only 88 balls, his rubber wrists boinging back and forth to flip the ball to all points of the field.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2011
I’m so happy, I feel like I’m jumping on a trampoline, just boinging around inside myself.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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