Meaning of BOUNCING
| Pronunciation: | | 'bawnsing
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- [n] rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
- [adj] marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance"
- [adj] vigorously healthy; "a bouncing baby"
- [adj] moving jerkily up and down; "a bouncing ball"; "a jolting ride"; "the jouncing guns of the battery"
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| | Synonyms: | | bounce, bouncy, healthy, jolting, jouncing, lively, moving, peppy, spirited, zippy |
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| | See Also: | | backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Boun"cing\, a.
1. Stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom.
Many tall and bouncing young ladies. --Thackeray.
2. Excessive; big. ``A bouncing reckoning.'' --B. & Fl.
{Bouncing Bet} (Bot.), the common soapwort ({Saponaria
officinalis}). --Harper's Mag.
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| | Related Terms: | | active, activist, activistic, alive, animated, beefy, bouncy, bounding, breezy, brisk, bubbly, chipper, doughty, ebullient, effervescent, energetic, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy, frisky, full of go, full of life, full of pep, full-blooded, full-strength, gutsy, gutty, hale, hale and hearty, hard, hard as nails, hardy, hearty, hefty, hopping, husky, iron-hard, jumping, leaping, live, lively, lusty, mercurial, mighty, militant, nervy, obstinate, peppy, perky, pert, potent, powerful, prancing, puissant, quicksilver, rebounding, recalcitrant, recoiling, red-blooded, repercussive, resilient, robust, robustious, robustuous, rude, rugged, saltant, saltatorial, saltatory, skipping, smacking, snappy, spanking, spirited, sprightly, springing, spry, stalwart, steely, stout, strapping, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zingy |
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