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[ UK /bˈa‍ʊnsɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈbaʊnsɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
ADJECTIVE
  1. marked by lively action
    a bouncing gait
    a spirited dance
    bouncy tunes
    the peppy and interesting talk
  2. vigorously healthy
    a bouncing baby

How To Use bouncing In A Sentence

  • But the little girl has amazed her family and doctors by bouncing back and learning how to walk on her prosthetic legs.
  • And the echo of her lilting croon came back, bouncingly, to reassure her that this installation was not large and was set in natural stone caverns. The ship who sang
  • Any tips for a young reporter on bouncing back from a minor set-back?
  • A big pink blob with an inane grin who has been bouncing around for years. The Sun
  • Think a big guitar sound, bouncing bass lines, Liberal dashes of Hammond organ, skyscraping harmonies and the most soulful vocal you're ever likely to hear on this Island and you're halfway there.
  • For the last five minutes, they had been bouncing soccer balls from one knee to the other, not letting them touch the ground.
  • No, not fat as in gross blubber bouncing around my waist and stuff; it's just that I think I'm about a few pounds heavier than I was when I was really fit in first year.
  • Surely, something freakish would happen—a slow roller through the wickets, some fluke fly ball barely clearing the Green Monster, a sure groundout bouncing crazily around the infield—something confirming the Sox impending doom usually happened right about now. One Season
  • The children were bouncing a ball.
  • Miri gripped the gunwales and held on for dear life as the boat careened from wave to wave, bouncing from rock to hidden rock.
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