ALL meanings of bouncing
bounc·ing
B b - adjective bouncing If you say that someone is bouncing with health, you mean that they are very healthy. You can also refer to a bouncing baby. 3
- adjective bouncing vigorous and robust (esp in the phrase a bouncing baby) 3
- adjective bouncing big, healthy, strong, etc. 3
- adjective bouncing stout, strong, or vigorous: a bouncing baby boy. 1
- adjective bouncing exaggerated; big; hearty; noisy. 1
- verb without object bouncing to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall. 1
- verb without object bouncing to strike the ground or other surface, and rebound: The ball bounced once before he caught it. 1
- verb without object bouncing to move or walk in a lively, exuberant, or energetic manner: She bounced into the room. 1
- verb without object bouncing to move along in a lively manner, repeatedly striking the surface below and rebounding: The box bounced down the stairs. 1
- verb without object bouncing to move about or enter or leave noisily or angrily (followed by around, about, out, out of, into, etc.): He bounced out of the room in a huff. 1
- verb without object bouncing (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. 1
- verb with object bouncing to cause to bound and rebound: to bounce a ball; to bounce a child on one's knee; to bounce a signal off a satellite. 1
- adjective bouncing that bounces 1
- verb with object bouncing to refuse payment on (a check) because of insufficient funds: The bank bounced my rent check. 1
- verb with object bouncing to give (a bad check) as payment: That's the first time anyone bounced a check on me. 1
- verb with object bouncing Slang. to eject, expel, or dismiss summarily or forcibly. 1
- noun bouncing a bound or rebound: to catch a ball on the first bounce. 1
- noun bouncing a sudden spring or leap: In one bounce he was at the door. 1
- noun bouncing ability to rebound; resilience: This tennis ball has no more bounce. 1
- noun bouncing vitality; energy; liveliness: There is bounce in his step. This soda water has more bounce to it. 1
- noun bouncing the fluctuation in magnitude of target echoes on a radarscope. 1
- noun bouncing Slang. a dismissal, rejection, or expulsion: He's gotten the bounce from three different jobs. 1
- adverb bouncing with a bounce; suddenly. 1
- noun bouncing The act of something that bounces. 0
- verb bouncing present participle of bounce. 0
- adjective bouncing healthy; vigorous. 0
- adjective bouncing (Obsolete (No longer in use)) excessive; big. 0