See boing on Wiktionary
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1988 October 7, Peter Friederici, “Auction”, in Chicago Reader:",
"text": "At its most extreme it is reminiscent of the boinging and buzzing of a Jew's harp.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a boing sound or bouncing motion."
],
"links": [
[
"boing",
"#Noun"
],
[
"sound",
"sound"
],
[
"bouncing",
"bounce"
],
[
"motion",
"motion"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To make a boing sound or bouncing motion."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
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{
"enpr": "boing"
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔɪŋ/"
},
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"audio": "en-us-boing.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/eb/En-us-boing.ogg/En-us-boing.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/En-us-boing.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪŋ"
}
],
"word": "boing"
}
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