Bouncing

Bouncing
Bouncing Boun"cing, a. 1. Stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom. [1913 Webster]

Many tall and bouncing young ladies. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

2. Excessive; big. ``A bouncing reckoning.'' --B. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

{Bouncing Bet} (Bot.), the common soapwort ({Saponaria officinalis}). --Harper's Mag. [1913 Webster]


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  • bouncing — [[t]ba͟ʊnsɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: v link ADJ with n, ADJ n If you say that someone is bouncing with health, you mean that they are very healthy. You can also refer to a bouncing baby. → See also bounce They are bouncing with health in the good weather...… …   English dictionary

  • bouncing — /ˈbaʊnsɪŋ / (say bownsing) adjective 1. stout, strong, or vigorous: a bouncing baby. 2. exaggerated; big; hearty; noisy: a bouncing lie …  

  • Bouncing — Bounce Bounce, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bounced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bouncing}.] [OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen to strike, bounce, bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative origin.] [1913 Webster] 1. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bouncing — bouncingly, adv. /bown sing/, adj. 1. stout, strong, or vigorous: a bouncing baby boy. 2. exaggerated; big; hearty; noisy. [1570 80; BOUNCE + ING2] * * * …   Universalium

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