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Antonyms for bouncing
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : boun-sing |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbaʊn sɪŋ |
Definition of bouncing
Origin :- "vigorous, big," 1570s, present participle adjective from bounce (v.).
- verb spring up; rebound
- verb evict
- And Connie Hancock, bouncing about hospitably in the large, rich house.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- The only other fare was a bouncing girl in a big hat with feathers.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- He'll be tired by this time, with all this rough riding and bouncing about we have been giving him.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal » by G. Harvey Ralphson
- Craig, bouncing alone on the middle seat of the buckboard, grunted.
- Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
- Corey shook his head, setting the heavy folds of flesh to bouncing.
- Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
- He sat on Jack's , bouncing up and down as Jack worked the .
- Extract from : « Jimmy Crow » by Edith Francis Foster
- The mule was bouncing up and down, sideways, in a mild panic.
- Extract from : « The Escape of Mr. Trimm » by Irvin S. Cobb
- Printed in Europe, not far from some of the bouncing priests.
- Extract from : « A History of English Literature » by George Saintsbury
- She was escorted by a bouncing, black-eyed waitress to a table for four.
- Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis
- "Very little," cried Larry, bouncing in with a beaming face.
- Extract from : « Joyce's Investments » by Fannie E. Newberry
Synonyms for bouncing
- ax
- backlash
- bob
- boomerang
- boot out
- bound
- buck
- bump
- can
- carom
- discharge
- dismiss
- eighty-six
- eject
- fire
- fly back
- give one notice
- give the heave ho
- glance off
- heave
- hop
- hurdle
- jerk up and down
- jounce
- jump
- kick back
- kick out
- leap
- oust
- rebound
- recoil
- resile
- ricochet
- sack
- saltate
- snap back
- spring back
- terminate
- throw
- thump
- vault
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