boingy

/ˈbɔɪŋˌɡiː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"You hear a little plink/crunch when you drop an icon onto the Trash, a boingy thud when you drag something into a folder, a whoof! when you drag something off the Dock and into the oblivion, and so on."
"I would need a three-quarter-size bed, with a new mattress - one that's not so loud and boingy."

From boing + -y; imitative of the sound of elastic.

more boingy (comparative) most boingy (superlative)

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How do you pronounce boingy?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɔɪŋˌɡiː/.

What does boingy mean?

Producing an elastic, bouncy sound, like a "boing"

Where does boingy come from?

From boing + -y; imitative of the sound of elastic.

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