c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 239 They make such an hiddous loyng and boyng as it were in maner of a develish noise.

1554 T. Becon Humble Supplicacion sig. Dij^v Thus seist thowe howe all thynges in the temples be done without edifieng. Nothyng is herad [sic] in them but boyng bellowyng and bleating.

1585 P. Stubbes Theater Popes Monarchie sig. F5 Whilest they bee at their singing, there is such striuing who shal go the highest, with such quauering and shiuering, such boing and roaring, that (if thou heardest them) thou wouldst..thinke them mad.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii. 107 Surrounded and environ'd about so with the barking of Currs..boing of Buffalos, warbling of Nightingales.

1952 B. Cleary Henry & Beezus i. 21 ‘Boi-i-ing!’ shouted the two boys together.

1957 A. R. Manvell & J. Huntley Technique Film Music iii. 156 Gerald is the despair of his parents since he cannot talk; he only speaks sound effects of which the most formidable is the familiar ‘boing’ of the cartoon world, a noise made by a short length of strong wire spring attached to a sounding board.

1957 A. R. Manvell & J. Huntley Technique Film Music iii. 157 He didn't talk words. He went ‘boing-boing’ instead.

1967 I. Hamilton Man with Brown Paper Face iv. 60 He had big coil springs fitted to the heels of his boots and with a merry boing boing he would spring out from the night shadows to confront ladies on the street.

1967 A. J. Marshall in L. Deighton London Dossier 141 The newest and nicest tower block is Centre Point—boing!