Antonyms for bounding
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bound |
| Phonetic Transcription : baÊŠnd |
Definition of bounding
Origin :- "to leap," 1580s, from French bondir "to rebound, resound, echo," from Old French bondir "to leap, rebound; make a noise, beat (a drum)," 13c., ultimately "to echo back," from Vulgar Latin *bombitire "to buzz, hum" (see bomb (n.)), perhaps on model of Old French tentir, from Vulgar Latin *tinnitire.
- verb jump, bounce
- verb restrict
- Before him was bounding the faint patch of white he had discovered.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Can you eat an unskinned hare, or dine on the haunch of a bounding stag?
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- Her step, once bounding and elastic, became slow and uncertain.
- Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
- Footsteps sounded from the hall; quick, bounding, they passed her door.
- Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
- With such pedigree, why should not this bounding thoroughbred win the Derby?
- Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
- Meanwhile Prince Ivan was running and bounding behind the carriage.
- Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
- Presently it was opened—not to let me out, but to let the dog in—yelping and bounding.
- Extract from : « At the Back of the North Wind » by George MacDonald
- "We do," announced Hi Martin, bounding over in front of Teall.
- Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock
- There was a bounding step on the piazza, a ring at the bell.
- Extract from : « Warrior Gap » by Charles King
- Maurice, too, he had seen, full of the joy of youth and of bounding health.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens
Synonyms for bounding
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