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Definitions for bouncing
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. Danni Hewson:

    Rate-sensitive banking stocks are enjoying a boost as investors begin to seriously price in rate rises, but there are big questions about how the economy is really bouncing back, and cost pressures are taking their toll on businesses and the consumer.

  2. Matthew Graham:

    They're bouncing off the walls, but we're so thankful that they're healthy enough to bounce off the walls.

  3. Bryden Teich:

    We're near-term in this little window of bouncing up and down until things stabilize.

  4. 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.

  5. Douglas Davis:

    The pendulum swings can go either way. Oil may want to retreat and test its lows before it goes up again, we held on to our oil stocks for a bounce, and they are bouncing.

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