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
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