Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bouncing

/ˈbaʊnsɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: bounc-ing
IPA: /ˈbaʊnsɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Healthy; vigorous.

adj

Excessively big; whopping.

Informal; Obsolete

verb

present participle and gerund of bounce

noun

The act of something that bounces.

Example Sentences

"a bouncing baby girl"
"By the side of many tall and bouncing young ladies in the establishment, Rebecca Sharp looked like a child. But she had the dismal precocity of poverty."
"a bouncing reckoning"
"[…] this book, with its multiple trajectories and frequently violent juxtapositions, is the record, in many senses, of those bouncings."

Usage

Inflected Forms

bouncings (plural)

Derived Forms

bouncingly

Phrases

bouncing off the walls bouncing Betty bouncing bomb bouncing on it

Synonyms

bouncy peppy spirited zippy bounce

Rhymes With

announcing denouncing pronouncing renouncing pouncing trouncing mispronouncing

Questions

How do you pronounce bouncing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbaʊnsɪŋ/.
What does bouncing mean?: Healthy; vigorous.

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