"bouncing" meaning in English

See bouncing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbaʊnsɪŋ/
Rhymes: -aʊnsɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} bouncing
  1. Healthy; vigorous. Translations (healthy; vigorous): енергичен (energičen) (Bulgarian), силен (silen) (Bulgarian), здрав (zdrav) (Bulgarian), 健壮的 (Chinese Mandarin), hraustlegur (Icelandic), myndarlegur (Icelandic), viguros (Romanian), robust [masculine] (Romanian), plin de viață [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-bouncing-en-adj-GDg7ZMKZ Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 8 9 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 15 18 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 11 14 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 7 9 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 67 11 10 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 67 11 10 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 65 16 9 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 67 11 10 12 Disambiguation of 'healthy; vigorous': 100 0
  2. (obsolete, informal) Excessively big; whopping. Tags: informal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-bouncing-en-adj-ivkkVCvZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bouncingly

Noun

IPA: /ˈbaʊnsɪŋ/ Forms: bouncings [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊnsɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} bouncing (plural bouncings)
  1. The act of something that bounces. Derived forms: bouncing on it
    Sense id: en-bouncing-en-noun-KShnoMAa

Verb

IPA: /ˈbaʊnsɪŋ/
Rhymes: -aʊnsɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} bouncing
  1. present participle and gerund of bounce Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: bounce Derived forms: bouncing off the walls, bouncing Betty, bouncing bomb
    Sense id: en-bouncing-en-verb-szIWtgbD

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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