Adjective bouncing has 2 senses
  1. bouncing - vigorously healthy; "a bouncing baby"
    Antonym:
    unhealthy (indirect, via healthy)
  2. bouncing, bouncy, peppy, spirited, zippy - marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance"
    Antonym: dull (indirect, via lively)
,Noun bouncing has 1 sense
  1. bounce, bouncing - rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
    --1 is a kind of recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash
,Verb bounce has 7 senses
  1. bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
    --1 is one way to jump, leap, bound, spring
    Derived forms: noun bounce3, noun bounce1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  2. bounce - hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball"
    --2 is one way to
    hit
    Derived form: noun bounce1
    Sample sentence:
    The children bounce the ball
  3. bounce, jounce - move up and down repeatedly
    --3 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
    Derived form: noun bounce3
    Sample sentences:
    The balls bounce
    These balls bounce easily
  4. bounce - come back after being refused; "the check bounced"
    --4 is one way to
    return, go back, get back, come back
    Antonyms: clear
    Sample sentence:
    The checks bounce
  5. bounce - leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet"
    --5 is one way to
    jump, leap, bound, spring
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  6. bounce - refuse to accept and send back; "bounce a check"
    --6 is one way to
    refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline
    Sample sentence:
    The banks bounce the check
  7. bounce - eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"
    --7 is one way to
    expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out
    Derived form: noun bouncer1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
,
TOP