"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 Disambiguation of 'healthy; vigorous': 100 0
  2. (obsolete, informal) Excessively big; whopping. Tags: informal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-bouncing-en-adj-ivkkVCvZ

Noun

IPA: /ˈbaʊnsɪŋ/ Forms: bouncings [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊnsɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} bouncing (plural bouncings)
  1. The act of something that bounces.
    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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 4 4 91

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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