bounce

Definitions

1. 1intransitive verb

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

2. 2intransitive verb

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

3. 3intransitive verb

   To boast; to talk big; to bluster.

4. 4transitive verb

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

5. 5transitive verb

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

6. 6transitive verb

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

7. 7transitive verb

   To bully; to scold.

8. 8noun

   A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.

9. 9noun

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

10. 10noun

    An explosion, or the noise of one.

11. 11noun

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

12. 12noun

    A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).

13. 13adverb

    With a sudden leap; suddenly.

14. 14noun

    a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

    Synonyms

    boundleapleapingsaltationspring
15. 15noun

    the quality of a substance that is able to rebound

    Synonyms

    bounciness
16. 16noun

    rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)

    Synonyms

    bouncing
17. 17verb

    hit something so that it bounces

    "bounce a ball"

18. 18verb

    eject from the premises

    "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"

19. 19verb

    spring back; spring away from an impact

    "The rubber ball bounced"

    "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

    Synonyms

    boundreboundrecoilresilereverberatericochetspring
20. 20verb

    move up and down repeatedly

    Synonyms

    jounce
21. 21verb

    leap suddenly

    "He bounced to his feet"

22. 22verb

    refuse to accept and send back

    "bounce a check"

23. 23verb

    come back after being refused

    "the check bounced"