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BOUNCING PUTTY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does bouncing putty mean?

• BOUNCING PUTTY (noun)
The noun BOUNCING PUTTY has 1 sense:

1. a soft elastic silicone polymer that increases in elasticity with the application of force; used in the center of golf balls and as shock-absorbent padding

Familiarity information: BOUNCING PUTTY used as a noun is very rare.

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• BOUNCING PUTTY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A soft elastic silicone polymer that increases in elasticity with the application of force; used in the center of golf balls and as shock-absorbent padding

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("bouncing putty" is a kind of...):

silicone; silicone polymer (any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation)

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