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adjective
1.
stout, strong, or vigorous: a bouncing baby boy.
2.
exaggerated; big; hearty; noisy.
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Bouncing
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verb (used without object)
1.
to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
2.
to strike the ground or other surface, and rebound: The ball bounced once before he caught it.
3.
to move or walk in a lively, exuberant, or energetic manner: She bounced into the room.
4.
to move along in a lively manner, repeatedly striking the surface below and rebounding: The box bounced down the stairs.
5.
EXPANDto move about or enter or leave noisily or angrily (followed by around, about, out, out of, into, etc.): He bounced out of the room in a huff.
verb (used with object)
7.
to cause to bound and rebound: to bounce a ball; to bounce a child on one's knee; to bounce a signal off a satellite.
8.
to refuse payment on (a check) because of insufficient funds: The bank bounced my rent check.
9.
to give (a bad check) as payment: That's the first time anyone bounced a check on me.
10.
Slang. to eject, expel, or dismiss summarily or forcibly.
noun
11.
a bound or rebound: to catch a ball on the first bounce.
12.
a sudden spring or leap: In one bounce he was at the door.
13.
ability to rebound; resilience: This tennis ball has no more bounce.
14.
vitality; energy; liveliness: There is bounce in his step. This soda water has more bounce to it.
15.
EXPANDthe fluctuation in magnitude of target echoes on a radarscope.
16.
COLLAPSESlang. a dismissal, rejection, or expulsion: He's gotten the bounce from three different jobs.
adverb
Verb phrase17.
with a bounce; suddenly.
18.
bounce back, to recover quickly: After losing the first game of the double-header, the team bounced back to win the second.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English buncin, bounsen, variant of bunkin, apparently cognate with Dutch bonken to thump, belabor, bonzen to knock, bump
1175–1225; Middle English buncin, bounsen, variant of bunkin, apparently cognate with Dutch bonken to thump, belabor, bonzen to knock, bump
Related forms
bounce·a·ble, adjective
bounce·a·bly, adverb
Synonyms
14. animation, vivacity, life, spirit, pep, vigor, zip.
14. animation, vivacity, life, spirit, pep, vigor, zip.
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