doink

[ doingk ]

noun

1. a sound or motion like that of something bouncing off a resilient surface or springing upright:

   You’ve got to hate that “doink” that means the fish just broke your line!

2. a rude or inconsiderate person, especially one who is also foolish or socially awkward:

   It's not always easy to tell the difference between clueless doinks who don't mean any harm and disrespectful jerks who know exactly what they're doing.

3. Football. the action of a football bouncing off the upright portion of a goalpost:

   One of the season's most competitive battles ended with a ridiculously rare, last-seconds-of-overtime, game-winning doink.

verb

1. to make, cause to make, or seem to make such a sound or motion:

   Natalie smacked the start button, flicked the joystick, and let it doink back to center.

   The quarterback heaved a deep ball into the end zone, only to have it doink off the receiver’s face mask.

interjection

1. (used to represent a sound or movement suggestive of bouncing or springing):

   If you watch the demolition video backwards, at the very end the antenna on top of the building goes up—doink!

Word History and Origins

Origin of doink¹

First recorded in 1950–55; of imitative origin