bouncy
- adjective
- /ˈbaʊnsi/
- Soft and bouncy.
- bouncy castle
- bouncy house
- bouncy seat
It's a little bit bouncy, but nothing you wouldn't expect on a regular train.
- It's a little bit bouncy, but nothing you wouldn't expect on a regular train.
- No more turn into a bouncy ball.
- And I started looking at all the objects of childhood, things like hula hoops and bubbles and balloons and bouncy balls and merry go rounds and carousels.
- This is an overnight bouncy and firm sleeping mask.
- And it's a fun texture as well because it kind of feels bouncy in the pan.
Examples
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You're gonna hit the bouncy castle!
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The bouncy mattress made it easy for him to get out of bed every morning.
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We're gonna have a bouncy castle at our birthday party?
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Maybe we should go on the bouncy castle.
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We could buy a bouncy house!
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All I wanted was a bouncy castle.
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We have the bouncy castle.
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I mean, kids like the bouncy balls.
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Yeah, and, Peter, check on the air pump for the bouncy house.
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We go to the local "bouncy house" place around the corner for their drop-in sessions, and for $5, my son gets to jump to his heart's content.
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Synonyms
Able to return to shape after you bend, stretch, or press it
Able to bounce back quickly after being pressed or stretched
Elastic and springy so it bounces back after pressure
Antonyms
How Bouncy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bouncy comes from the verb bounce, which means 'to jump back', and the ending -y means 'full of'. So something described as bouncy can rebound or spring back easily, like a rubber ball or a springy mattress.