springy

«springy» in Mova's school dictionary: bouncy: it goes back to its shape after you press, squash… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (springy, springier, springiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Springy means bouncy: it goes back to its shape after you press, squash or stretch it, like a spring. tree →

2) A springy walk or step is light, quick and full of energy. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons about materials, springy (elastic) materials such as rubber, sponge and coiled metal come back to shape. In cooking, a cake is done when the top feels springy. In stories, a springy step shows someone is happy or excited.

examples

• The grass felt soft and springy under our feet. tree →
• A trampoline is very springy. tree →
• The sponge is springy: squeeze it and it pops back. tree →
• Press the cake; if it is springy, it is ready. tree →
• She walked with a springy step on her birthday. tree →
• My curly hair is springy. tree →
• Moss on the hill was thick and springy. tree →
• A mile further on they came to a wide common, with short, springy turf, where horses of all colours, with skins of satin, were kicking up their heels in play. tree →

note

Comparative springier, superlative springiest (y → i). Close to «bouncy» and «elastic»; the opposite is «stiff» or «squashy».

In the corpora

• Kangaroos hop with springy tendons that store energy like a pogo stick, so hopping fast costs them hardly more energy than hopping slowly.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «springy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.