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to boing

to boing

1 8.9
To move quickly by bouncing often making a spring sound
  • verb
  • /bɔɪŋ/
  • Informal
translation icon : rebotar
  • With a sharp leap, the dog boinged up to catch the frisbee mid-flight.

Examples

  • They click a bit of ditty boinging up the way of one more from this series.

  • She enjoys a sardonic moment thinking of that transfer, like handing along a clock that boings whenever it feels like doing so.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • He is survived by the eponymous ElPapa SuperTramp, which has been boinging cargo into lunar orbit since 2031.

    Blog text (21)

  • The children boinged around the playground, laughing and enjoying the sunny day.

  • As he took off, he boinged into the air from the trampoline.

Synonyms

to bounce
vsto boing
386 1.3

To move quickly away from a surface after hitting it, moving up and down in a springy way

is quicker and makes a short sharp sound
to spring
vsto boing
141 1.0

To move suddenly by jumping, leaping, or bouncing

is quicker and makes a short sharp sound
to jiggle
vsto boing
46 3.2

To move something in short, quick shaking movements

is quicker and involves a single sharper bouncy sound
to bob
vsto boing
24 2.7

To move up and down quickly in short movements

is more forceful and produces a clearer short sound
to caper
vsto boing
3 5.1

To jump or skip around in a lively, playful way

is more mechanical and focuses on a single sharp sound
to bobble
vsto boing
1 3.7

To move up and down quickly and lightly many times

is stronger and sounds more sudden rather than light and repeated
to boink
vsto boing
  • Informal
9.3

To make a short, bouncy sound and move in a funny way

is similarly playful but faster and more sharply sounding
to lollop
vsto boing
9.1

To walk with an awkward, relaxed bounce

is quicker and less relaxed, with a clearer sudden sound

How Energetic

leap
107 1.0
to bounce
386 1.3
to boing
  • Informal
1 8.9
to spring
141 1.0
to move
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

boing infinitive
boinged past
boinged past participle
boinging present participle
boings third person singular

Etymology

Boing began as the noise made by springs and bouncy toys, and we also use it as a verb; to boing is to move quickly with a springing, bouncing motion, just like something that makes a 'boing' sound.