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Definition of Bouncing

1. Adjective. Vigorously healthy. "A bouncing baby"

2. Noun. Rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts).

3. Adjective. Marked by lively action. "A spirited dance"

Definition of Bouncing

1. a. Stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom.

Definition of Bouncing

1. Adjective. healthy; vigorous. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of bounce) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bouncing

1. bounce [v] - See also: bounce

Medical Definition of Bouncing

1. 1. Stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom. "Many tall and bouncing young ladies." (Thackeray) 2. Excessive; big. "A bouncing reckoning. " Bouncing Bet, the common soapwort (Saponaria officinalis). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bouncing

bouncebacks bounced bounced check bounced off the walls bouncedown bouncedowns bounceless bouncer bouncers bounces

bounces off the walls bouncier bounciest bouncily bounciness bouncing (current term) bouncing Bess bouncing Bet bouncing Betties bouncing Betty

bouncing betty bouncing bomb bouncing bombs bouncing castle bouncing castles bouncing off the walls bouncing putty bouncingly bouncy bouncy ball

Literary usage of Bouncing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Days and Deeds: A Book of Verse for Children's Reading and Speaking by Elizabeth Shepard Butler Stevenson (1906)
"RAGGED ROBIN AND bouncing BET By the roadside, rain or shine, You'll find two jolly good friends of mine; Sturdier comrades never were yet— Ragged Robin and ..."

2. Violin Playing as I Teach it by Leopold Auer (1921)
"... WITH bouncing, SPRINGING Bow) I have always taught the spiccato with bouncing, springing bow by means of a very slight detache in the ..."

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