bouncing — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Healthy; vigorous.

   Examples

   a bouncing baby girl

   By the side of many tall and bouncing young ladies in the establishment, Rebecca Sharp looked like a child. But she had the dismal precocity of poverty.

2. Excessively big; whopping.

   Usage

   • Informal
   • Obsolete

   Examples

   a bouncing reckoning

Noun

1. The act of something that bounces.

   Examples

   […] this book, with its multiple trajectories and frequently violent juxtapositions, is the record, in many senses, of those bouncings.

Adjective

1. vigorously healthy

   Examples

   a bouncing baby

2. marked by lively action

   Synonyms

   bouncypeppyspiritedzippy

   Examples

   a bouncing gait

   bouncy tunes

   More examples (2)

   the peppy and interesting talk

   a spirited dance

Noun

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

   Synonyms

   bounce

   Broader terms

   recoilrepercussionreboundbacklash