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1. (v.i.) bounce
to strike a surface and rebound; spring back:
The ball bounced once before she caught it.
2. bounce
to move or walk in a lively, exuberant, or energetic manner.
3. bounce
to move along repeatedly striking a surface and rebounding.
4. bounce
(of a check) to be refused payment by a bank, due to insufficient funds in the account.
5. (v.t.) bounce
to cause to bound and rebound.
6. bounce
to refuse payment on (a check) because of insufficient funds.
7. bounce
Slang. to eject, expel, or dismiss summarily or forcibly.
8. bounce
bounce back, to recover quickly.
9. (n.) bounce
a bound or rebound.
10. bounce
a sudden spring or leap.
11. bounce
ability to rebound; resilience.
12. bounce
vitality; energy; liveliness.
13. bounce
Slang. a dismissal.
14. (adv.) bounce
with a bounce; suddenly.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME buncin, bounsen)
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| Definition of 'bounce' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bounce, bounciness
the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
2. (noun) leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
3. (verb) bounce, bouncing
rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
4. (verb) bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
spring back; spring away from an impact
"The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
5. (verb) bounce
hit something so that it bounces
"bounce a ball"
6. (verb) bounce, jounce
move up and down repeatedly
7. (verb) bounce
come back after being refused
"the check bounced"
8. (verb) bounce
leap suddenly
"He bounced to his feet"
9. (verb) bounce
refuse to accept and send back
"bounce a check"
10. (verb) bounce
eject from the premises
"The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"
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1. (verb) bounce
***to spring or make spring off a surface
the ball bounced off the wall; ***She was bouncing the ball with one hand.
2. bounce
***to move or make move up and down
***a boy bouncing on the bed
3. bounce
***to not be paid by a bank because there is no money in your account
My check bounced.
4. bounce
to be returned to you
The email I sent bounced.
5. (noun) bounce
the action of springing off a surface
three bounces
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| Definition of 'bounce' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) bounce
with a sudden leap; suddenly
2. (noun) bounce
a sudden leap or bound; a rebound
3. (noun) bounce
a heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump
4. (noun) bounce
an explosion, or the noise of one
5. (noun) bounce
bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer
6. (noun) bounce
a dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus)
7. (verb) bounce
to strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly
8. (verb) bounce
to leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room
9. (verb) bounce
to boast; to talk big; to bluster
10. (verb) bounce
to drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump
11. (verb) bounce
to cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss
12. (verb) bounce
to eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment
13. (verb) bounce
to bully; to scold
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| Definitions of 'bounce' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. bounce
1. [common; perhaps by analogy to a bouncing check] An electronic
mail message that is undeliverable and returns an error notification to the
sender is said to bounce. See also
bounce message. 2. To engage in sexual intercourse; prob.: from the expression
‘bouncing the mattress’, but influenced by Roo's psychosexually
loaded “Try bouncing me, Tigger!” from the
Winnie-the-Pooh books. Compare
boink. 3. To casually reboot a system in order to clear up a transient
problem (possibly editing a configuration file in the process, if it is one
that is only re-read at boot time). Reported primarily among
VMS and Unix users. 4. [VM/CMS programmers] Automatic warm-start
of a machine after an error. “I logged on this morning and found it
had bounced 7 times during the night” 6. [IBM] To power cycle a peripheral in order
to reset it.
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Sense: to (cause to) spring or jump back from a solid surface.
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 Afrikaans: hop |
 Arabic: يَرْتَدُ، يَثِبُ |
 Bulgarian: отскачам |
 Brazilian: (fazer) pular |
 Czech: odrazit (se) |
 German: springen |
 Danish: hoppe; springe tilbage |
 Greek: αναπηδώ, κάνω κπ. ή κτ. ν |
 Spanish: hacer botar, botar, rebot |
 Estonian: põrgatama, (tagasi) põrka |
 Farsi: جهیدن؛ ورجه وورجه کردن |
 Finnish: ponnahtaa |
 French: (faire) rebondir |
 Hebrew: לְנָתֵר, לְקַפֵץ |
 Hindi: उछल पड़ना |
 Croatian: odskočiti |
 Hungarian: ugrál |
 Indonesian: memantul |
 Icelandic: skoppa |
 Italian: rimbalzare |
 Japanese: はね返る |
 Korean: 튀다 |
 Lithuanian: atšokti |
 Latvian: atlēkt; lēkāt |
 Malay: melantun |
 Dutch: (doen) stuiten |
 Norwegian: sprette tilbake/opp igjen |
 Polish: odskakiwać, odbijać się |
 Persian: جهیدن؛ ورجه وورجه کردن |
 Pashto: غورځیدنه ،ترپکی |
 Portuguese: (fazer) pular |
 Romanian: a ricoşa, a sări |
 Russian: отскакивать |
 Slovak: odraziť (sa) |
 Slovenian: odskočiti, odbiti (se) |
 Serbian: odskočiti |
 Swedish: studsa |
 Thai: เด้ง |
 Turkish: sıçra(t)mak, zıpla(t)mak |
 Taiwanese: 彈起 |
 Ukrainian: підстрибувати; відскакува |
 Urdu: رجوع ہونا ، واپس آنا |
 Vietnamese: nảy lên |
 Chinese: 弹起 |
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