The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.
Used in a Sentence
boing
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for boing.
Editorial note
It is very, very apparent that skepticism about the Wired/Boing Boing narrative on this case is a minority view.
Examples18
Definitions2
Parts of speech2
Quick take
The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of boing gathered in one view.
(transitive) To make a boing sound or bouncing motion.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for boing.
noun
The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.
verb
(transitive) To make a boing sound or bouncing motion.
Example sentences
It is very, very apparent that skepticism about the Wired/Boing Boing narrative on this case is a minority view.
Their FAQ page makes it sound like their understanding of cutting edge electronics comes from Popular Mechanics, or Boing Boing.
As usual, nothing is as simple as Boing Boing and Wired make things out to be.
The original, non-linkjacked page is strangely barren compared to the Boing Boing attention-a-palooza.
I should have linked to the CNN article[1] - I didn't realize the Boing Boing article was simply a copy-and-paste job.
In that case I'm impressed that Cory took the time to rewrite his boing boing piece rather than take from it outright.
The boing-boing-boing of the buffer spring is a bit annoying.
Otherwise, I'll stick with switching manually between HN, Ars Technica, Boing Boing, and Slashdot.
A few years ago I emailed Mark Frauenfelder about where to find Boing Boing back issues, and he told me they were planning on releasing them all as an iOS app.
And when you inevitably do get caught red handed, don't worry, because you'll have a Greek Chorus of Internet commenters making t-shirts advocating your release and writing Boing Boing articles about how you got screwed.
Admittedly the Guardian article does link to the boing boing one, but both make reference to the US's $1 trillion activity out of fair use, the US's proclivity to ignore the UN/WTO, all the money that China makes out of sending plastic junk to the US, and the supposition that Rupert Murdoch will soon be Howard Hughes.
Servint is more expensive and its a VPS so you have to do some more work, but they've been -excellent- at customer support with fantastic response times and smart staff, they really do have daily backups (which we've used in our darkest moments), allow ssh access (OMG, so useful), 4 static IPs, 'infinite' virtual sites, and can stand up to a slashdot/engadget/boing/etc storm all at the same time.
Quote examples
Boing Boing says "Analysis of Michael Brown shooting witnesses: 16 out of 18 say hands up when shot".
You can read some samples from Irvine's book "A Guide to the Good Life" on Boing Boing.
It's more like "if you don't read Boing Boing, the fascists have won."
As if they spend their time flinging poo and you really need "solid" boing technology that's already well designed so the poo doesn't mess it up.
Proper noun examples
Except they should say it rhymes with 'Boing', so that it's not the present participle of the trademarked 'go'.
There is also a strong tradition of Western limited animation; it actually started as the artistic cutting edge with the work of UPA (Gerald McBoing Boing, Rooty Toot Toot).
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use boing in a sentence?
It is very, very apparent that skepticism about the Wired/Boing Boing narrative on this case is a minority view.
What does boing mean?
The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.
What part of speech is boing?
boing is commonly used as noun, verb.