Definitions for bouncing

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bouncing bounc·ing

Spelling: [boun-sing]

IPA: /ˈbaʊn sɪŋ/

Bouncing is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 135 anagrams from letters in bouncing (bcginnou).

Definitions for bouncing

noun

1. a bound or rebound:
2. a sudden spring or leap:
3. ability to rebound; resilience:
4. vitality; energy; liveliness:
5. the fluctuation in magnitude of target echoes on a radarscope.
6. Slang. a dismissal, rejection, or expulsion:

adverb

1. with a bounce; suddenly.

adjective

1. stout, strong, or vigorous:
2. exaggerated; big; hearty; noisy.

Verb phrases

1. bounce back, to recover quickly:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to bound and rebound:
2. to refuse payment on (a check) because of insufficient funds:
3. to give (a bad check) as payment:
4. Slang. to eject, expel, or dismiss summarily or forcibly.

verb (used without object)

1. to spring back from a surface in a lively manner:
2. to strike the ground or other surface, and rebound:
3. to move or walk in a lively, exuberant, or energetic manner:
4. to move along in a lively manner, repeatedly striking the surface below and rebounding:
5. to move about or enter or leave noisily or angrily (followed by around, about, out, out of, into, etc.):
6. (of a check or the like) to fail to be honored by the bank against which it was drawn, due to lack of sufficient funds.

Origin of bouncing

First recorded in 1570-80; bounce + -ing²

Examples for bouncing

And Connie Hancock, bouncing about hospitably in the large, rich house.

Craig, bouncing alone on the middle seat of the buckboard, grunted.

One soldier had a basketball and was bouncing it on the marble floors.

He'll be tired by this time, with all this rough riding and bouncing about we have been giving him.

The actor showed tremendous range in the role, bouncing between his wacky stand-up persona and gentler dramatic work.

Corey shook his head, setting the heavy folds of flesh to bouncing.

After that, the Princess of the Amazons spent months bouncing back and forth between various writers and artists.

Eventually people filed out, grinning broadly, bouncing on the balls of their feet.

The only other fare was a bouncing girl in a big hat with feathers.

The last thing I want is a bouncing bunk-bed in the back of the van and then a messy breakup.