单词 | bouncing |
释义 | bouncingn. 1. Striking, knocking, banging, thumping. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > and resoundingly bouncing1582 thundering1592 banging1647 table-thumping1839 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 35 With rip rap bouncing thee ram to the chapter is hurled. ?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. 13 Hauing worn out three or four pulpits with the vnreasonable bounsing of his fists. 1812 M. R. Mitford Let. 28 Jan. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. vi. 176 A noise of shouting, knocking, and bouncing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [noun] peal1535 thud1535 bouncing1598 ran-tan1607 sulphur?1611 bursta1616 stound1627 randana1661 break1751 flare1815 slam-banging1823 bang1854 spang1883 whoomph1891 ka-boom1965 zap1984 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 167 To heare the bouncing of the Cannon. 1652 J. Wadsworth tr. P. de Sandoval Civil Wars Spain 327 Great clamors of men and bouncing of guns. 3. Bragging, blustering; boastful exaggeration, lying; colloquial a good scolding. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] facing1481 blusteringa1494 flirdom?a1500 bravity1546 bravery1548 roistingc1560 bravado1583 roister-doisterdom1592 swash1593 swaggeringa1596 huffing1600 hufty1609 huff1611 brustling1622 hufty-tufty1633 bouncing1634 hectorism1672 huffiness1678 bluster1692 bounce1714 bravadoism1833 fanfaronading1837 bush1840 huffishness1841 swashbuckling1888 bucko1909 1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iii. sig. H2v I doe not like the bouncing of good Offices. 1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1730) I. 72 Calling of names and giving the lie..swaggering and bouncing. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1773 I. 391 Johnson: Nothing can be poorer than his mode of writing: it is the mere bouncing of a school-boy. 1885 Young Two Sides of Sh. iv A great protection against bouncing and rudeness. 4. A sudden bounding movement. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > leaping or springing suddenly startinga1398 bouncing1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Balotade, a bounding, or bounsing, as, of a football, or high going horse. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 121 A rocking of the earth to and fro, and sometimes a perpendicular bouncing..of the same. 5. Firework Manufacturing. (See quot.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > making or managing of > specific process in bouncing1888 1888 W. H. Browne Firework Making 15 Furnishing the squib with its report is called bouncing. 1888 W. H. Browne Firework Making 43 Bouncing, or giving to the saucisson its report. Compounds bouncing-pin n. an apparatus for measuring ‘knocking’ in an internal combustion engine; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > noise in > instrument for measuring bouncing-pin1930 knockmeter1934 1930 Engineering 10 Jan. 44/1 This sleeve..carries a bouncing-pin mechanism. 1934 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 38 354 Instructions for setting of the bouncing-pin contacts. 1934 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 38 354 Then remove the diaphragm and bouncing pin. Draft additions October 2001 bouncing castle n. chiefly British = bouncy castle n. at bouncy adj. Additions. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun] swinging1610 shuggie-shue1653 bilboquet1743 kite-flying1804 cup and ball1836 kittly-benders1854 cakewalk1863 mudlarking1888 pogo1921 pogoing1921 yo-yo1932 waterball1950 laugher1973 karaoke1977 bouncy castle1986 paintball1987 bouncing castle1988 paintballing1989 zorbing1996 1988 Today 20 Aug. 21/6 Barbecues are held outside and on the first weekend in July there is a Friday-to-Sunday festival with bands, a children's bouncing castle, pony rides and two dozen real ales. 2000 Kerryman (County Kerry) 8 Sept. 21/8 Bouncing castles for hire. Large selection suitable for Parties, Birthdays, Summer Camps, Fun Days, Corporate Events... Complete with rain cover. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021). bouncingadj. That bounces: in various senses of the verb relating alike to loudness, brag, and vigorous or ungainly movement. Often also (like ‘thumping, whacking, whopping, strapping’, and other words meaning vigorous striking) used with the sense of ‘big’, esp. ‘big rather than elegant or graceful’. bouncing putty n. a soft elastic silicone polymer (see quot. 1950). In many of the quotations the exact shade of meaning is doubtful. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > exceptionally large of its kind gurta1400 swappingc1440 swappit?a1513 strongc1540 thwacking1567 thumping1576 bouncing1579 swingeinga1592 whoppinga1625 rapping1657 spankinga1666 whisking1673 swagging1731 skelping?a1786 whacking1797 slapping1825 plumping1832 walloping1847 slashing1854 smacking1888 plonking1896 sollicking1946 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy unridec1175 un-i-weldec1275 boistous?a1400 cumbrousa1400 roida1450 clubbishc1530 lumpish?1573 bouncing1579 unwieldy1582 boisterous1590 unfeirdyc1590 lumbering1593 cumbersome1594 elephantic1598 elephant-likea1603 moliminous1642 clumpish1681 rhinocerical1689 hulking1699 hulky1785 lumberly1805 elephantine1826 rhinocerial1828 lumbersome1834 clumpy1836 lumbrous1836 hippopotamic1853 hippopotamian1864 megatherial1894 hippopotamine1911 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] sprindeOE livelyOE kaskc1300 wightc1300 courageousc1386 wighty14.. wieldya1413 ablec1440 tall of hand1530 sappy1558 energical1565 energetical1585 greenya1586 stout1600 strenuous1602 forceful?1624 actuous1626 vigorous1638 vivid1638 high-spirited1653 hearty1665 actuose1677 living1699 full-blooded1707 executive1708 rugged1731 sousing1735 energic1740 bouncing1743 two-fisted1774 energetic1782 zestful1797 rollicking1801 through-ganging1814 throughgoing1814 slashing1828 high-powered1829 high pressure1834 rip-roaring1834 red-blooded1836 ripsnorting1846 zesty1853 dynamic1856 throbbing1864 goey1875 torpedoic1893 kinky1903 zippy1903 go-at-it1904 punchy1907 up-and-at-'em1909 driving1916 vibranta1929 kinetic1931 zinging1931 high-octane1936 zingy1938 slam-bang1939 balls-to-the-wall1967 balls-out1968 ass-kicking1977 hi-octane1977 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great swappingc1440 bumping1566 thumping1576 swingeinga1592 knocking1598 gigantical1604 gigantine1605 gigantean1611 gigantal?1614 thundering1618 whoppinga1625 humming1654 rapping1657 whisking1673 threshing1707 sousing1735 nation1765 heroic1785 runaway1790 spanking1791 gigantic1797 whacking1797 cracking1834 ringing1834 bouncing1842 walloping1847 stavingc1850 banging1864 howling1865 whooping1866 smacking1888 God almighty1913 Christ almighty1961 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > synthetic resins and plastics > [noun] > other polymers polyethylene alcohol1862 polyethylene glycol1886 polyglycol1889 polyanhydride1900 latex1912 polyether1922 polyvinyl alcohol1927 polyamide1929 polycarbonate1930 polyethylene oxide1930 polyacrylonitrile1935 bouncing putty1944 polyvinyl pyrrolidone1945 povidone1955 fibrid1960 the world > movement > impact > rebound > [adjective] resilient1644 rebounding1667 bouncy1926 bouncing1950 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Aug. 61 I saw the bouncing Bellibone. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 37 Can they not be satisfied with the blessing of this braue bounsing priest? 1602 Returne fr. Parnassus (Arb.) iv. i. 50 I am well prouided of three bounsing wenches. 1606 J. Reynolds Dolarnys Primerose sig. F3 The bounsing Doa, vnto the brakes did come. 1611 R. Martin in T. Coryate Crudities sig. d4 Oh For a bonny blith and bounsing ballet To praise this Odcomb'd Chanti-cleere. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Worc. 169 His Mother..lay down her burthen at Elmeley..where this bouncing babe Bonner was born. 1736 H. Walpole Corr. (1820) I. 8 A bouncing head of, I believe, Cleopatra. 1743 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 237 [She] is as bouncing as ever, and as loud. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer iii. 49 I never saw such a bouncing swaggering puppy since I was born. 1807 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 101 The bouncing letter he published, and the insolent one he wrote to me. 1813 Waugh Let. in Mem. (1839) v. 310 An inexperienced, bouncing but well-disposed young woman. 1837 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales II. 378 It has even given birth to a school of oratory in the colony—the bouncing school, it may be styled. 1841 Mrs. Mozley Fairy Bower iv She was..bold Belle, and bouncing Belle, and every thing but bonny Belle. 1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 222 Stephen de Hoaques..had told all the party a great bouncing lie. 1944 J. G. E. Wright U.S. Patent 2,541,851 (1951) Novel compositions which because of their unusual properties may best be described as ‘bouncing putties’. 1950 Jrnl. Brit. Interplan. Soc. 9 56 Another contribution by General Electric is ‘bouncing putty’, a viscous and highly resilient silicon material previously used as a core for golf balls. The idea is that certain delicate equipment is buried in the material and shocks thereby distributed evenly over the entire surface of the instruments. Derivatives ˈbouncingly adv. boastfully, blusteringly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adverb] braga1375 boastfullyc1430 jettingly1440 flourishingly?1545 boastingly1552 bragginglya1569 thrasonically1591 vauntingly1593 braggadocio-like1600 vapouringly1653 bouncinglya1677 vauntful1814 braggart-like1826 a1677 I. Barrow Treat. Pope's Supremacy (1680) 393 Pighius said bouncingly, The judgment of the Apostolick See..is far more certain. Draft additions June 2018 colloquial. bouncing mad: furiously angry. Cf. hopping mad adj. at hopping adj.1 Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [adverb] woodlyc1000 wood1297 eagerlyc1300 rowc1325 bremelya1375 grindellyc1400 raselya1450 furiously1555 storminglya1600 bouncing mad1834 ragingly1840 stormily1860 ragefully1865 infuriately1879 lividly1890 the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [adjective] > furiously angry grim971 aweddeOE woodlyc1000 anburstc1275 woodc1275 aburstc1300 eagerc1325 brotheful1330 brothely1330 furiousc1374 wroth as (the) wind1377 throc1380 fella1382 wrothlya1400 grindelc1400 raginga1425 furibund1490 bremit1535 outraging1567 fulminant?1578 wood-like1578 horn-mad1579 snuff1582 woodful1582 maddeda1586 rageful1585 furibundal1593 gary1609 fierce1611 wild1653 infuriate1667 hopping mad1675 maddened1735 sulphureous1751 savage1789 infuriated1796 bouncing mad1834 frenzy1859 furyinga1861 ropeable1870 furied1878 fulminous1886 livid1888 fit to be tied1894 hopping1894 fighting mad1896 tamping mad1946 up the wall1951 ravers1967 1834 Richmond (Indiana) Palladium 15 Nov. The merchant was indignant at the former demand, but he was bouncing mad when he found the compensation doubled. 1880 St. Nicholas May 551/1 Everybody giggled except 'Tildy, and she looked bouncing mad. 1988 Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 20 July 11 s/2 Sometimes the bunnies were bouncing mad when Dawn picked them up. 2009 L. Sweeney Cat, Quilt & Corpse xiii. 118 She was bouncing mad when she stormed outta Baca's office. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1582adj.1579 |
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