bouncing

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: bouncebouncypeppyspiritedzippy

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)Synonyms: bounce

Adjective (2)

  1. vigorously healthy“a bouncing baby”
  2. marked by lively action“a bouncing gait”“bouncy tunes”“the peppy and interesting talk”“a spirited dance”Synonyms: bouncypeppyspiritedzippy
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bouncing \Boun"cing\, a.

1.Stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom. [1913 Webster]

Many tall and bouncing young ladies.— Thackeray.[1913 Webster]

2.Excessive; big. "A bouncing reckoning." --B. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

Bouncing Bet (Bot.), the common soapwort (Saponaria officinalis). --Harper's Mag. [1913 Webster]

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.] [1913 Webster]

1.To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly. [1913 Webster]

Another bounces as hard as he can knock.— Swift.[1913 Webster]
Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room. [1913 Webster]

Out bounced the mastiff.— Swift.[1913 Webster]
Bounced off his arm+chair.— Thackeray.[1913 Webster]

3.To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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