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   Bounc·y

   /ˈbounsē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. bouncing or causing things to bounce: "bouncy floorboards" Similar springyflexibleresilientelasticstretchystretchablespongyrubberyrare:tensiblebumpyjoltingjoltylurchingjerkyjumpyjarringbone-shakingbone-breakingturbulentroughuncomfortable
   • ▪ (of a person) confident and lively: "she was still the girl he remembered, bouncy and full of life" Similar livelyenergeticperkyfriskyjauntyzestfuldynamicvitalvigorousvibrantanimatedspiritedbuoyantbubblybubblingsparklingeffervescentvivacioussunnybreezybright and breezyenthusiasticupbeatinformal:peppyzingyzippyzestychirpyfull of beanspeart
   • ▪ (of music) having a jaunty rhythm: "the bouncy cheerfulness of polka"

   Derivatives

   • 1. bouncily adverb
   • 2. bounciness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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