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bouncing
adjective [before noun] /ˈbaʊn.sɪŋ/Definition
› (especially of a baby) healthy and energetic: We've got two grandchildren - a three-year-old girl and a bouncing baby boy.Energetic and livelyFit and healthy
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Synonyms and related words:
- acrobatic adjective
- agree with sb phrasal verb
- an apple a day keeps the doctor away idiom
- be as right as rain idiom
- brawn noun (STRENGTH)
- buff adjective (HEALTHY)
- clean-limbed adjective
- coordinated adjective (WELL ORGANIZED)
- early to bed and early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise) idiom
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- healthful adjective
- healthy adjective (HEALTH)
- how are you keeping? idiom
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