Definitions
Etymologies
- Onomatopoeic (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The Exquisite Corpuscle got a shout-out in boing boing (Thanks, Cory)!”
“No it’s not, it ignores the whole premis of the thread. that boing is whining while not paying.”
“They speak Saturnian (composed of odd looking English letters), and erratically use the words "boing," "ding," and "zoom".”
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“If you press on a lid after the jars have cooled, and instead of being firm, it goes "boing", that means it hasn't sealed properly.”
“If the lids are not concave in 24 hours and/or if they go "boing" when you press them the next day - put them in the fridge, and eat them first.”
“In either event you must check to see that the jars are sealed, with concave lids, and that they don't "boing" when you press on the top.”
“Barney looks at the camera, tilts his head and a "boing" sound effect is heard.”
“What is your favorite sound? the "boing" sound of a kickstand being deployed on your new bike as a kid”
“Especially when parishioners just want to come up and say "boing" and pluck your ringlets.”
“Carter, who will wear a special version of the "boing" Nike Shox ($160) at the All-Star Game, moved from Puma to Nike, which has a signature planned for its newest superstar.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘boing’.
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Onomatopoetic
words (seemingly) formed in imitation of a natural sound
plash, guff, woof, splash, crash, pow, crack, bang, whoosh, whizz, whallop, fizz and 116 more...
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sound (quiet)
words for quiet sounds
( randomness, descriptive )sigh, murmur, whisper, whir, rustle, patter, hum, snap, hiss(sss), crackle, bleat, peep and 185 more...
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Fun Onomatopoeia
Add your favorite sound words!
squdge, blurk, flump, boing, foomph, jing, klatt, chchchch, rrrrg, kersmack, crawk, plik and 2 more...
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pagecrusher's Words
fugu, ilk, rigamarole, superfluous, dearth, sacrosanct, moniker, bifurcate, villainous, onus, brazen, odin and 268 more...
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sound words
Words that convey a sound or noise or an expression one makes.
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Two years
Okay, I admit it. I made a list of words my daughter knew when she was two years old.
bat, baba, a, abalone, about, acorn, adrienne, after, again, airplane, alison, all and 694 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, B
bloviate, bejesus, brouhaha, behoove, bodacious, bamboozle, banshee, bub, bolus, blob, bubbly, bleb and 414 more...
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dickcherry's drivel
the words i'm thinking with
doing, boing, going, tincture, pingback, womenswear, jounce, wrack, a, ish, beeswax, thither and 97 more...
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Gigglesomes
Words that make me giggle.
sackbut, beshrew, hubbub, futz, tchotchke, oolong, newt, dingo, squishy, fjord, squirt, dangler and 107 more...
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Rocketeer's Words
defenestrate, shutterbug, antique, periscope, dogma, peculiar, eccentric, banana, apple, pear, cherry, photograph and 189 more...
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the hotlist
short, sweet, epic, catchy, sassy, sexy & sizzling.
( personal list, randomness )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/...zing, epic, win, fail, hot, warp, times, clip, onyx, wonky, pwn, leet and 1493 more...
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list
llama, peaches, kitty, house, lifevest, pocket, lovely, hopeful, peace, trinket, ping pong, boing and 35 more...
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saltatory
inspired by the pronk discussion...
pronk, stot, saltate, boing, jump, hop, bounce, spring, leap, vault, bound, buck and 18 more...
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Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate sounds.
bam, bamf, bang, boom, snikt, ping, plink, plonk, boing, whoosh, kaboom, crash and 68 more...
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Onomatopoeia
Why doesn't that word sound like what it's describing?
boom, splash, sizzle, blam, whap, whomp, pow, poof, crash, screech, whimper, bang and 20 more...
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librarygrrrl's Words
moist, chicken, boing, beast, lovey, woof, penguin, present, gift, wrap, tree, lights and 27 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for boing.
tbtabby The secret to a happy marriage. Jun 12, 2009