Bouncing

//ˈbaʊnsɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang

adj, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of something that bounces.

    "[…] this book, with its multiple trajectories and frequently violent juxtapositions, is the record, in many senses, of those bouncings."

  2. 2
    rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bounce form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Healthy; vigorous.

    "a bouncing baby girl"

  2. 2
    Excessively big; whopping. informal, obsolete

    "a bouncing reckoning"

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by lively action wordnet
  2. 2
    vigorously healthy wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
livelyactiveactivistactivisticaliveanimated

Example

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"The kids were screaming and bouncing everywhere."

Related phrases

bouncing Bettybouncing bombbouncing off the wallsbouncing on it

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