Bumped with sound
Doinked is the past tense of doink, a playful or cartoonish verb for hitting, bumping, or tapping something.
A ball doinked off the rim.
You doinked your head on a low doorframe.
The word suggests a light, slightly comical impact rather than a serious collision: The pass doinked off his helmet and into the end zone.
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Bumped with sound
Doinked is the past tense of doink, a playful or cartoonish verb for hitting, bumping, or tapping something.
A ball doinked off the rim.
You doinked your head on a low doorframe.
The word suggests a light, slightly comical impact rather than a serious collision: The pass doinked off his helmet and into the end zone.
1. hit — bonked, Struck on top; bopped (Struck lightly, casually); tapped (Struck gently or selected); smacked (Hit sharply); bumped · knocked · whacked · thwacked · clunked · conked · struck · clipped · swatted · nudged
FORCE/IMPACT INTENSITYdoinked ≠ smashed Broken or intoxicated; slammed · walloped · crushed · clobbered · bashed
OUTCOME/SUCCESS (in sports/games context)doinked ≠ swished Moved with rustling sound; drained · sunk · nailed · buried · aced
GRACEFULNESS OF ACTIONdoinked ≠ glided Moved without apparent effort; swept · flowed · finessed · threaded · fumbled
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Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/doinked