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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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There will be a movie in park, train rides, bounce house photos with Santa, games, costumed characters, crafts and letters to Santa. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2025 There will also be snow play, cookie decorating, a stilt walker, bubble elf, face painters, balloon twisters, bounce houses, crafts and a magician with three shows. Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025 Be sure to tether your bounce house to the ground if using outside. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025 Trick-or-treating, a bounce house, and cupcake decorating. Debra Skodack, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bounce house

Word History

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 2 Dec. 2025.

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