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Noun: bouncing  bawn-sing
  1. Rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
    - bounce
Adjective: bouncing  bawn-sing
  1. Vigorously healthy
    "a bouncing baby"
  2. Marked by lively action
    "a bouncing gait";
    - bouncy, peppy [N. Amer], spirited, zippy
Verb: bounce  bawn(t)s
  1. Move back in a roughly opposite direction after an impact
    "The rubber ball bounced";
  2. Hit something so that it bounces
    "bounce a ball"
  3. Move up and down repeatedly
    - jounce
  4. Come back after being refused
    "the check bounced"
  5. Leap suddenly
    "He bounced to his feet"
  6. Refuse to accept and send back
    "bounce a check"
  7. Eject from the premises
  8. [Brit] Put pressure on someone (to do something)
    - pressurize, pressurise [Brit]

Derived forms: bouncings

See also: healthy, lively

Type of: backlash, boot out, bound, chuck out, decline, eject, exclude, go, hit, jump, leap, locomote, move, pass up, rebound, recoil, refuse, reject, repercussion, return, spring, travel, turf out [Brit], turn down, turn out

Antonym: clear

Encyclopedia: Bouncing

Bounce, Shake, Move, Stop!