boink

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic (cf. yoink and bonk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔɪŋk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪŋk
• Homophone: BOINC

Verb

boink (third-person singular simple present boinks, present participle boinking, simple past and past participle boinked)

1. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To have sexual intercourse (with); to bonk.

   Max was boinking Jane in the bathroom of the bar.

   • 1997, Tim Burns, Tom Stern, An American Werewolf in Paris, spoken by Brad (Vince Vieluf):

     Think he's boinking her?

   • 1998, Doug Petrie, “Revelations”, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 3, episode 7, spoken by Faith (Eliza Dushku):

     Yeah, but you gotta have stories. I mean, I've had my share of losers, but you… you boinked the undead.

2. (transitive, informal) To hit or strike.

Synonyms

• bang, get it on, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with

Derived terms

• boinkfest
• boinky

Translations

to have sexual intercourse

• German: bumsen (de), ficken (de)
• Swedish: bonka bäver

Noun

boink (plural boinks)

1. (computing, slang) A real-world social gathering of computer users.
2. (informal) Sexual 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.

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2024) “boink v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang