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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"The view is beautiful. They're bigger than trees," 23-year-old Toukta Phonsala told AFP inside her wooden stilt house in Dak Wai village, her baby bouncing on her lap.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Schoenbrun confidently guides readers down winding, interconnected roads, bouncing between online cults and peculiar digital ephemera to weave a gripping search for truth in a time when the internet has made everything fiction.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
Somewhere in this chain of revelations, a persistent question began bouncing around the internet: Aren’t these … crimes?
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
Its $2 billion notes due 2031 fell to 42 cents on Thursday before bouncing back slightly in the mid-40s on Friday, according to market participants and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or Finra.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The bridge was shaking so violently now that Jackson was bouncing up and down like a ball.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
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