doink

American  

[doingk] / dɔɪŋk /

noun

1. a sound or motion like that of something bouncing off a resilient surface or springing upright.

   You’ve got to hate that “doink” that means the fish just broke your line!

2. a rude or inconsiderate person, especially one who is also foolish or socially awkward.

   It's not always easy to tell the difference between clueless doinks who don't mean any harm and disrespectful jerks who know exactly what they're doing.

3. Football. the action of a football bouncing off the upright portion of a goalpost.

   One of the season's most competitive battles ended with a ridiculously rare, last-seconds-of-overtime, game-winning doink.

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verb

1. to make, cause to make, or seem to make such a sound or motion.

   Natalie smacked the start button, flicked the joystick, and let it doink back to center.

   The quarterback heaved a deep ball into the end zone, only to have it doink off the receiver’s face mask.

interjection

1. (used to represent a sound or movement suggestive of bouncing or springing).

   If you watch the demolition video backwards, at the very end the antenna on top of the building goes up—doink!

Etymology

Origin of doink

First recorded in 1950–55; of imitative origin

Example Sentences

Reality check: A fumble at the goal line and a doink off the top of an upright kept the Razorbacks from a 4-0 star.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2022

However, Folk’s kick would doink off the uprights and fall to the ground.

From Fox News • Oct. 4, 2021

Diermeier noted how the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks wooed back fans after years of struggles and the pain of the “ double doink ” field goal miss by Chicago in the NFL playoffs.

From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2020

The Bears were devastated by Cody Parker’s 43-yd double doink miss in the NFC divisional round that ended the Bears last season.

From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2019

Vat is Mees Bootlonk doink down here amonkst all this tresh?

From Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents by Hughes, Rupert