bounce

[Bounce]

Bounce is a word for an up and down movement or recovery like a ball's bounce on the pavement or the stock market's rise after a crash.

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

Noun
a light springing movement upwards or forwards

Noun
the quality of a substance that is able to rebound

Noun
rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)

Verb
hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball"

Verb
eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer''s job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"

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Verb
spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

Verb
move up and down repeatedly

Verb
leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet"

Verb
refuse to accept and send back; "bounce a check"

Verb
come back after being refused; "the check bounced"


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

v. i.
To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.

v. i.
To boast; to talk big; to bluster.

v. t.
To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.

v. t.
To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.

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

v. t.
To bully; to scold.

n.
A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.

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

n.
An explosion, or the noise of one.

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

n.
A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).

adv.
With a sudden leap; suddenly.


Bounce

Bounce , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bounced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bouncing .] [OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen to strike, bounce, bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative origin.] 1. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
Another bounces as hard as he can knock.
Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.
2. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
Out bounced the mastiff.
Bounced off his arm+chair.
3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.]

Bounce

Bounce, v. t. 1. To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump. 2. To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss. 3. To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. [Collog. U. S.] 4. To bully; to scold. [Collog.]

Bounce

Bounce , n. 1. A sudden leap or bound; a rebound. 2. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
The bounce burst open the door.
3. An explosion, or the noise of one. [Obs.] 4. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. Johnson. De Quincey. 5. (Zo'94l.) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).

Bounce

Bounce, adv. With a sudden leap; suddenly.
This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me.

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

To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.

A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.

With a sudden leap; suddenly.

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Usage Examples

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

With my daughter, we do arts and crafts, we read a lot, we listen to music, and we cut the strings off balloons and bounce them around after birthday parties.

I developed a mechanism so that whatever mistakes I made, I would bounce straight back. Whatever was happening off the pitch, I could put it to one side and maintain my form. Call it mental resilience or a strong mind, but that is what we mean when we talk about experience in a football team.

Only bad golfers are lucky. They're the ones bouncing balls off trees, curbs, turtles and cars. Good golfers have bad luck. When you hit the ball straight, a funny bounce is bound to be unlucky.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

It's clear that people are going to download media files, and they're going to talk to each other, and they're going to exchange information and knowledge and so forth. So this system logic is basically what you bounce off of.

We manage to bounce ideas off one another. Every band fights, but at the end of the day, we're very positive about the way we fight. At least we come out with a result.

I expect that our associates will walk with a little more bounce in their step and understand that this company is behind them and has respect for them.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

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