bounceable

bounceable

English

Etymology

    From bounce + -able.

    Adjective

    bounceable (comparative more bounceable, superlative most bounceable)

    1. Able to be bounced.
    2. (slang, obsolete) Boastful.
      • 1867, The Savage-Club Papers, volume 1, page 57:
        [] to those who are unacquainted with his writings, and of whom I will not say worse luck, for it might appear bounceable, []
      • 1881, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch, volumes 80-81, page 234:
        That Boy's a bit too bounceable; he'll find / Swelling brings dizziness.

    Derived terms

    References

    • (boastful): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary