bounce house

noun

plural bounce houses
: a springy inflatable structure often resembling a four-sided building and used especially by children for jumping for sport : bouncy house

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Activities include animal viewing, slides, bounce house and pumpkin decorating. Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025 The event will not include large structures such as bounce houses. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025 Community Gardens nursery hosts an annual pumpkin patch on weekends in October with bounce houses, train rides, and other activities, and McKinney Roughs Nature Park is home to the longest dual zip line in Texas. Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025 At Cedar Creek Park, there will be a variety of family-friendly entertainment that includes bounce houses, a live mermaid, baby kangaroos, bumper boats and a petting zoo. Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bounce house

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First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bounce house was in 1978

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“Bounce house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20house. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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