bouncing

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BOUN'CING, participle present tense Leaping; bounding with violence, as a heavy body; springing out; thumping with a loud noise; boasting; moving with force, as a heavy bounding body. BOUN'CING, adjective Stout; strong; large and heavy; a customary sense in the United States; as a bouncing lass.
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