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Definition of Boing
1. Noun. The sound made by a elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To make a boing sound or bouncing motion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boing
1. the sound of reverberation or vibration [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boing
Literary usage of Boing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"He is the coeditor of the popi weblog boing boing at www.boingboing.net, ^ nearly
a million visitors a month; he also maint; a personal site at ..."
2. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (2003)
"... is the co-editor of the popular weblog boing boing at www.boingboing.net, with
more than 250000 visitors a month. He won the John W. Campbell Award for ..."
3. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1889)
"way between Hit- poles n and «', it would not move at all, boing equally attracted
by euch ; but if moved a little nearer one pole than the other, ..."
4. Historic and Monumental Rome: A Handbook for the Students of Classical and by Charles Isidore Hemans (1874)
"Only three sides of that terrific lower dungeon are built, the others boing
excavated out of the tufa rock. The tradition of the imprisonment of S. Peter ..."
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