BOING

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Noun

boing (plural boings)

The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.

Verb

boing (third-person singular simple present boings, present participle boinging, simple past and past participle boinged)

(transitive) To make a boing sound or bouncing motion.

Anagrams

• Gobin, bigon, bingo, bog in

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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