boing
/bɔɪŋ/interjection, noun, verb
boing is spelled B-O-I-N-G: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, boing means “A representation of the sound of something bouncing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in boing?
| Letters | 5: B-O-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is boing?
Boing appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce boing?
- /bɔɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-boing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with boing?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as boing.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bingo.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of boing
- boings plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- boinging participle, present
- boinged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
A representation of the sound of something bouncing.
- 2
slangAnnouncing the presence of large, pert breasts, which are bouncy.
- 3
slangAnnouncing the advent of male arousal (erection), via the metaphor of a spring springing energetically.
noun
- 1
The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.
- 2
slangLarge breasts.
verb
- 1
To make a boing sound or bouncing motion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does boing come from?
Onomatopoeic. The “large breasts” sense is reborrowed from Japanese ボイン, in turn from English boing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).