bounce
IPA: bˈaʊns
noun
- A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
- A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- (Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
- The sack, dismissal.
- A bang, boom.
- (archaic) A drink based on brandy.ᵂ
- (archaic) A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
- (archaic) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
- Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
- (uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Drugs.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Swagger.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A good beat in music.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A talent for leaping.
- (politics, informal) An increase in popularity.
verb
- (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
- (intransitive) To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
- (transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.
- (intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
- To move rapidly (between).
- (intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
- (transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
- (intransitive, slang) To leave.
- (US, slang, dated) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, sometimes followed by with) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
- (intransitive, electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset.
- (transitive, intransitive, Internet, of an e-mail message) To return undelivered.
- (intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
- (intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
- (transitive, 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.
- (slang, archaic) To bully; to scold.
- (slang, archaic) To boast; to bluster.
- (archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.
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Examples of "bounce" in Sentences
- The basketball bounced off the rim and into the hands of the opposing team
- The children giggled as they watched the colorful bouncy ball bounce around the room
- The dancer's curls bounced with each graceful pirouette
- The check bounced when the account didn't have enough funds to cover the transaction
- The boxer's jab caused his opponent's head to bounce back
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