boink
/bɔɪŋk/verb, noun
boink is spelled B-O-I-N-K: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, boink means “To have sexual intercourse (with); to bonk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in boink?
| Letters | 5: B-O-I-N-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 133,440th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is boink?
Boink appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th 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 boink?
- /bɔɪŋk/
Boink has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-boink.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of boink
- boinks present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- boinking participle, present
- boinked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boink mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
informalTo have sexual intercourse (with); to bonk.
Max was boinking Jane in the bathroom of the bar.
- 2
informalTo hit or strike.
noun
- 1
slangA real-world social gathering of computer users.
- 2
informalSexual intercourse.
Max and Jane had a quick boink in the bathroom.
- 3
A sound of something hitting or bouncing off a surface, similar to plunk, but with more connotations of bounciness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boink in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to have sexual intercourse:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does boink come from?
Onomatopoeic (cf. yoink and bonk).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).