- present participle of bounce.
bouncing
Americanadjective
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stout, strong, or vigorous.
a bouncing baby boy.
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exaggerated; big; hearty; noisy.
adjective
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Descript, a video-editing app, has an A.I. interface that is dressed as a bouncing pumpkin right now.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
Or is it now something of a 'Teflon' company, with scandals simply bouncing off it?
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Satellite sensors like the one on the new Tanager-2 can detect the invisible gas by measuring wavelengths of light bouncing off the earth’s surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
My favorite detail is that his last dinger came at Georgia Tech—and even then it required the ball bouncing off the outfielder’s glove to clear the fence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
He threw the can to the ground and started grunting, squalling, and bouncing all over the place.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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