Adjacent Words

bouncy definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: elastic; rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" [syn: bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy]
2: marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance" [syn: bouncing, bouncy, peppy, spirited, zippy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (bouncier; -est) Date: 1921 1. buoyant, exuberant 2. resilient 3. marked by or producing bounces • bouncily adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (bouncier, bounciest) 1 (of a ball etc.) that bounces well. 2 cheerful and lively. 3 resilient, springy (a bouncy sofa). Derivatives: bouncily adv. bounciness n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Someone or something that is bouncy is very lively. She was bouncy and full of energy. ADJ 2. A bouncy thing can bounce very well or makes other things bounce well. ...a children's paradise filled with bouncy toys. ...a bouncy chair. ADJ: usu ADJ n