[syn: bouncing, bouncy, peppy, spirited, zippy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bouncing \Boun"cing\, a.
1. Stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom.
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Many tall and bouncing young ladies. --Thackeray.
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2. Excessive; big. "A bouncing reckoning." --B. & Fl.
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Bouncing Bet (Bot.), the common soapwort (Saponaria
officinalis). --Harper's Mag.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bounce \Bounce\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bounced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bouncing.] [OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen to strike, bounce,
bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative
origin.]
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1. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden
noise; a knock loudly.
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Another bounces as hard as he can knock. --Swift.
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Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.
--Dryden.
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2. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound;
as, she bounced into the room.
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Out bounced the mastiff. --Swift.
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Bounced off his arm+chair. --Thackeray.
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3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bouncing
adj 1: vigorously healthy; "a bouncing baby"
2: marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes";
"the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance" [syn:
bouncing, bouncy, peppy, spirited, zippy]
n 1: rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts) [syn:
bounce, bouncing]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "bouncing":
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