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bounc·ing

(boun′sĭng)

adj.

1. Vigorous; healthy: a bouncing baby.

2. Spirited; lively: a bouncing gait.

bounc′ing·ly adv.

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bouncing

(ˈbaʊnsɪŋ)

adj

(when: postpositive, foll by with) vigorous and robust (esp in the phrase a bouncing baby)

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bounc•ing

(ˈbaʊn sɪŋ)

adj.

1. stout, strong, or vigorous: a bouncing baby.

2. exaggerated; hearty; noisy.

[1570–80]

bounc′ing•ly, adv.

bouncing

- In bouncing baby, it means "vigorous."

bouncing

adjective lively, healthy, thriving, blooming, robust, vigorous, energetic, perky, sprightly, alive and kicking, fighting fit, full of beans (informal), fit as a fiddle (informal), bright-eyed and bushy-tailed They are bouncing with good health in the summer.

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Translations

قَويُّ البَدَن

živý

struttendesund

stramm

hraustlegur, myndarlegur

pieno di salute rimbalzante

robust

bereketli sağlıklı

强壮的

bouncing

[ˈbaʊnsɪŋ] ADJ bouncing baby → niño/a m/f sanote

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bouncing

[ˈbaʊnsɪŋ] adj [baby] → plein(e) de santé
to be bouncing with health → respirer la santé

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bouncing

adj bouncing baby → strammer Säugling

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bouncing

[ˈbaunsɪŋ] adj bouncing baby → bambino/a pieno/a di salute

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bounce

(bauns) verb

1. to (cause to) spring or jump back from a solid surface.

2. (of a cheque) to be sent back unpaid, because of lack of money in a bank account.

noun

1. (of a ball etc) an act of springing back. With one bounce the ball went over the net.

2. energy. She has a lot of bounce.

ˈbouncing adjective

strong and lively. a bouncing baby.

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The worthy fellow bounced from the elephant's neck to his rump, and vaulted like a clown on a spring-board; yet he laughed in the midst of his bouncing, and from time to time took a piece of sugar out of his pocket, and inserted it in Kiouni's trunk, who received it without in the least slackening his regular trot.

Passepartout was wrapped in uneasy dreams of the bouncing of the day before.

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Even on the hottest afternoons the cottonwoods made a rustling shade, and the air smelled of popcorn and melted butter, and Bouncing Bets wilting in the sun.

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Presently up breaches from the bottom of the sea a bouncing great whale, with a milky-white head and hump, all crows' feet and wrinkles.

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As soon as I was mounted, holding on to Dogger's belt, the supervisor gave the word, and the party struck out at a bouncing trot on the road to Dr.

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"Why, Tess," he answered, after another whiff or two, "it isn't a brave bouncing girl like you who asks that?

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The spirit of joy began to laugh more decidedly in Mary's eyes, but the fatal Ben came running to the door with Brownie yapping behind him, and, bouncing against them, said--

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Del Mar had disappeared the moment he had locked the door, and the two men in the wagon, which was now bouncing along over the cobblestones, were strangers.

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Individuals across the Highlands are bouncing their way to victory to help raise thousands of pounds for an Armed Forces welfare charity.

Bounce in aid of Armed Forces charity; CHALLENGE

ISLAMABAD -- Capital Police have registered 3116 cases on account of cheque bouncing during last thee years (January 01, 2016 to December 31, 2018) while 2,366 accused were granted bails by courts.

Capital police register 3,116 cheque bouncing cases in three years

ISLAMABAD: Capital Police have registered 3116 cases on account of cheque bouncing during last thee years (January 01, 2016 to December 31, 2018) while 2,366 accused were granted bails by courts.

Capital police register 3,116 cheque bouncing cases in three years

And it's relatively easy to lose control after bouncing a landing if we don't continue flying the airplane.

Fixing Your Bounce: A bounced landing isn't hard to recover, but it's better to flare slow enough and low enough that it doesn't happen in the first place

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Noun	1.	bouncing - rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts) bounce backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion - a movement back from an impact
Adj.	1.	bouncing - vigorously healthy; "a bouncing baby" healthy - having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy"
	2.	bouncing - marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance" peppy, spirited, zippy, bouncy lively - full of life and energy; "a lively discussion"; "lively and attractive parents"; "a lively party"