bounce

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Pronunciation
/baʊns/
Noun
14 definition(s)
1 Definition

A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.

2 Definition

A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.

3 Definition

An email return with any error.

4 Definition

The sack, licensing.

5 Definition

A bang, boom.

6 Definition

A drink based on brandyW.

7 Definition

A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.

8 Definition

Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.

9 Definition

Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.

10 Definition

A genre of New Orleans music.

11 Definition

Drugs.

12 Definition

Swagger.

13 Definition

A 'good' beat.

14 Definition

A talent for leaping.

Example Sentences
  • Them pro-ballers got bounce!
Verb
20 definition(s)
1 Definition

To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.

Example Sentences
  • The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch.
2 Definition

To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.

Example Sentences
  • He bounces nervously on his chair.
3 Definition

To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.

Example Sentences
  • He bounced the child on his knee.
4 Definition

To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.

Example Sentences
  • I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range.
5 Definition

To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.

Example Sentences
  • She bounced happily into the room.
6 Definition

To move rapidly (between).

7 Definition

(of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.

Example Sentences
  • We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced.
8 Definition

To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).

Example Sentences
  • He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday.
9 Definition

To leave.

Example Sentences
  • Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce.
10 Definition

To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.

11 Definition

(sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.

12 Definition

(air combat) To attack unexpectedly.

Example Sentences
  • The squadron was bounced north of the town.
13 Definition

To turn power off and back on; to reset

Example Sentences
  • See if it helps to bounce the router.
14 Definition

(of an e-mail message or address) To return undelivered.

Example Sentences
  • The girl in the bar told me her address was thirsty@example.com, but my mail to that address bounced back to me.
15 Definition

To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.

Example Sentences
  • The student pilot bounced several times during his landing.
16 Definition

(skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.

Example Sentences
  • After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced. BSBD.
17 Definition

(sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.

Example Sentences
  • Bounce tracks two and three to track four, then record the cowbell on track two.
18 Definition

To bully; to scold.

19 Definition

To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.

20 Definition

To boast; to bluster.