Usually means: Land mine, jumps, then explodes.
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  1. bouncing betty: Vocabulary.com
  2. bouncing Betty: Wiktionary
  3. bouncing betty: Dictionary.com
  4. Bouncing Betty (disambiguation), Bouncing Betty, Bouncing betty: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. bouncing betty: Rhymezone
  6. bouncing betty: FreeDictionary.org
  7. bouncing betty: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. bouncing betty: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bouncing betty: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (bouncing Betty)

noun:  (military, informal) A land mine which is propelled a meter or two into the air before exploding to increase the amount of damage inflicted on surrounding troops.

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