Definitions

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  • interjection slang Imitating an electronic drum sound.
  • noun dated The game of craps.

Etymologies

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Imitative.

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Examples

  • But I feel that someone should tell you -- ideally before you move out of your parents 'house, may that occasion not be long in coming -- that good music contains noises that are neither "thump" nor "oontz-oontz."

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway mrissa 2008

  • Yes, he means that djeternaldarkne; and be sure to stick around through the end - oontz oontz oontz oontz:

    I'm going straight to hell - just like my mama said ... graphxgrrl 2006

  • Current Music: something oontz oontz oontzy on the overhead speakers

    One more link - but it deserves its own entry, I think. 2006

  • Club-goers in boots are there to get kicky on the dance floor, while those in shiny heels have come to sit and drink with friends. the_mercury has plenty for either kind of visitor - lots of oontz oontz oontz for the stompies, and really great drinks for the purring lazies like myself.

    where the wild things are gaaneden 2006

  • Discovered today thanks to the A Darker Shade of Pagan podcast, for those who think Dark Star Rising, while good, is too oontz-oontz-oontzy and not ethereal gothy enough.

    pellucidar is busted badger 2007

  • Erik's response is to put his hands in the air, and start bopping in place, going oontz oontz oontz.

    September 11th, 2005 archmage 2005

  • Current Music: biodustrial.com netradio - oontz oontz oontz oontz

    "So Einstein and Yoko Ono walk into a bar....": SparkCon day two badger 2006

  • Ouroboros, a new art-and-party space located so far into that blighted labyrinth that docents were stationed a block away to guide partiers to the sound of the oontz.

    unknown title 2009

  • HansensDisease: oontz oontz oontz oontz doo-doo-dee-dee-doo-doo-dee-dee HansensDisease: oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz kill your parents oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • I have never EVER appreciated Phish and only appreciate a little of G.D. theorellior: HansensDisease: oontz oontz oontz oontz

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

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  • "2. (slang) Imitating an electronic drum sound."

    --Wiktionary

    April 7, 2011

  • It's true - the kids at work sing "oontz oontz oontz" as a scat beat phrase.

    April 8, 2011

  • I'm glad to see this listed at Wordnik.

    January 23, 2018