What does bouncing mean?

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ˈbaʊn sɪŋbounc·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bounce, bouncingadjective

    rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)

  2. bouncingadjective

    vigorously healthy

    "a bouncing baby"

  3. bouncing, bouncy, peppy, spirited, zippyadjective

    marked by lively action

    "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance"

Wiktionary

  1. bouncingadjective

    healthy; vigorous.

    a bouncing baby girl

ChatGPT

  1. bouncing

    Bouncing refers to a motion that involves repeated rebounding after coming into contact with a surface or object. This action usually happens when an object is thrown, dropped, or forcefully projected onto a surface. The act of bouncing often involves an alternation between gaining and losing potential and kinetic energy.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bouncing

    of Bounce

  2. Bouncingadjective

    stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom

  3. Bouncingadjective

    excessive; big

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bouncing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bouncing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of bouncing in a Sentence

  1. Maddie LaRue:

    Our day-to-day is based on interactions with others... bouncing ideas off of other people in a way that's difficult to do when we're all working remotely.

  2. Per Hammarlund:

    The first part of the week was dominated by falls, but the mood and sentiment seems to have turned and the markets are bouncing. There are few real hard indicators that would suggest the fall or the bounce.

  3. Trey Harrell:

    If there is an opioid piece to the embezzlement that those investigations will run simultaneously because this U.S. Attorney’s Office is not going to waste any resources, that being said, we’re hearing about an alleged opioid ring bouncing around but we’ve got a handful of issues regarding his resignation from his law firm due to funds not being accounted for.

  4. Jeffrey Wang:

    I love watching squirrels, they are so energetic, they are always energetic, I havent seen a squirrel that isnt. They are always bouncing around, it makes me feel energized.

  5. Hiro Murai:

    Those were the two things he pitched me, and from that, and from the way he was kind of miming the dance moves, we abstractly started bouncing the ball back and forth.

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