adjective
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lively, exuberant, or self-confident
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having the capability or quality of bouncing
a bouncy ball
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responsive to bouncing; springy
a bouncy bed
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A big bouncy summer anthem, with flashes of Daft Punk and Stardust.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
He’ll probably put an inflatable bouncy castle in the Capitol building, and I’m actually perfectly fine with that.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
Before it had just been one big, bouncy blue and orange Macy’s balloon, streetwise New York City behaving like some bucolic basketball Mayberry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Aside from learning to prepare lessons and navigate behavior issues, they complete activities similar to the children’s, including painting as well as outdoor play using toy hoops and bouncy balls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Though tautly stretched at the end of the boat, it sagged a little in the middle; it made for three or four toilsome, bouncy steps.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
For the past four years, pitches in this country have been rated as faster, bouncier and more inconsistent than anywhere else in the world.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
The model showed that runners should run faster on softer, bouncier tracks that supported a runner's natural gait.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
At the ultracold temperatures in the outer solar system, icy particles are also bouncier and are less likely to stick together when they collide.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
Much lighter and bouncier than what I'm used to in tteokbokki, these were chewy to the nth degree.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2021
The bubble champs are done, in the first round, losers to the healthier and bouncier Phoenix Suns.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2021
Balls are about the size of a mature orange and the bounciest of the bunch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Historically, the Gabba is even bouncier than the Perth Stadium and sits as the bounciest pitch anywhere in the world.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
The Toronto Raptors are going to the Eastern Conference Finals thanks to the bounciest buzzer-beater you will ever see under normal gravitational conditions.
From Slate ● May 12, 2019
Surprisingly, though, several of the bounciest poems are actually mini-tragedies.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2016
Old Trafford, where the second Test will start on Friday, has the quickest, bounciest square in the country, and Finn is looking forward to the experience.
From The Guardian ● May 31, 2010
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