'Bounce' definitions:
Definition of 'bounce'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of a substance that is able to rebound [syn: bounce, bounciness]
noun
A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn: leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce]
noun
Rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts) [syn: bounce, bouncing]
verb
Spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet]
verb
Hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball"
verb
Move up and down repeatedly [syn: bounce, jounce]
verb
Come back after being refused; "the check bounced" [ant: clear]
verb
Leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet"
verb
Refuse to accept and send back; "bounce a check"
verb
Eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"
Definition of 'Bounce'
From: GCIDE
- Bounce \Bounce\, v. t.
- 1. To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. [Collog. U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. To bully; to scold. [Collog.] --J. Fletcher. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bounce'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly. [1913 Webster]
- Another bounces as hard as he can knock. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room. [1913 Webster]
- Out bounced the mastiff. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- Bounced off his arm+chair. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bounce'
From: GCIDE
- Bounce \Bounce\, n. [1913 Webster]
- 1. A sudden leap or bound; a rebound. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump. [1913 Webster]
- The bounce burst open the door. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An explosion, or the noise of one. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. --Johnson. De Quincey.? [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Zool.) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bounce'
From: GCIDE
- Bounce \Bounce\, adv. With a sudden leap; suddenly. [1913 Webster]
- This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me. --Bickerstaff. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bounce'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adaptability,
- airiness,
- AM signal,
- and jump,
- animation,
- ax,
- backfire,
- backlash,
- backlashing,
- beam,
- beat signal,
- blips,
- bludgeon,
- bluff,
- bluster,
- bluster and bluff,
- bob,
- bobble,
- boomerang,
- boot,
- boot out,
- bounce,
- bounce back,
- bounces,
- bounciness,
- bound,
- bound back,
- brag,
- brave show,
- break,
- breeziness,
- broad jump,
- browbeat,
- buck,
- buckjump,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- bullyrag,
- bump,
- buoyance,
- buoyancy,
- bust,
- can,
- cannon,
- cannon off,
- caper,
- capriole,
- caracole,
- carefreeness,
- carom,
- cashier,
- cast,
- cast out,
- cavort,
- chatter,
- chirpiness,
- chuck out,
- clear,
- contrecoup,
- cow,
- CRT spot,
- curvet,
- cut a dido,
- cut capers,
- debonairness,
- defenestrate,
- defrock,
- degrade,
- demivolt,
- demote,
- deplume,
- depose,
- deprive,
- detrude,
- didder,
- direct signal,
- disbar,
- discard,
- discharge,
- disemploy,
- dismiss,
- displace,
- display,
- displume,
- dither,
- DM display,
- Doppler signal,
- double-dot display,
- dragoon,
- drum out,
- dynamism,
- echo,
- echo signal,
- eject,
- elasticity,
- energy,
- exclude,
- expel,
- extensibility,
- extrude,
- falter,
- fire,
- flexibility,
- flounce,
- fly back,
- flying jump,
- FM signal,
- frisk,
- furlough,
- galliard,
- gambado,
- gambol,
- gasconade,
- gelandesprung,
- get-up-and-go,
- give,
- give the ax,
- give the gate,
- give the hook,
- go,
- grand jete,
- grimace,
- handspring,
- have an ague,
- have repercussions,
- heave out,
- hector,
- high jump,
- Highland fling,
- hippety-hop,
- hop,
- hurdle,
- hustle,
- IF signal,
- IM display,
- intimidate,
- jactitate,
- jar,
- jauntiness,
- jerk,
- jete,
- jettison,
- jig,
- jigget,
- jiggle,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- jounce,
- jump,
- jump about,
- jump over,
- jump shot,
- jump turn,
- jump-hop,
- jump-off,
- junk,
- kick,
- kick back,
- kick downstairs,
- kick out,
- kick upstairs,
- kickback,
- lash back,
- lavolta,
- lay off,
- leap,
- leap over,
- leapfrog,
- let go,
- let out,
- levity,
- life,
- light heart,
- lightheartedness,
- lightness,
- lightsomeness,
- liveliness,
- local oscillator signal,
- long jump,
- lop,
- make redundant,
- morris,
- negotiate,
- obtrude,
- oust,
- out-herod Herod,
- output signal,
- overjump,
- overleap,
- overskip,
- peacockery,
- peacockishness,
- pension off,
- pep,
- perkiness,
- pertness,
- picture,
- pips,
- pole vault,
- pounce,
- pounce on,
- pounce upon,
- prance,
- put out,
- quake,
- quaver,
- quiver,
- radar signal,
- radio-frequency amplifier,
- radio-frequency signal,
- radio-frequency stage,
- rage,
- ramp,
- rant,
- rave,
- read out of,
- reading,
- rebound,
- rebuff,
- recalcitrate,
- recalcitration,
- recoil,
- reflected signal,
- reflection,
- reject,
- release,
- remove,
- repercuss,
- repercussion,
- replace,
- repulse,
- resile,
- resilience,
- resiliency,
- responsiveness,
- retire,
- return,
- return signal,
- RF amplifier,
- RF echoes,
- RF signal,
- RF stage,
- ricochet,
- rictus,
- roister,
- rollick,
- romp,
- running broad jump,
- running high jump,
- sack,
- saut de basque,
- separate forcibly,
- shake,
- shiver,
- shock,
- shortwave signal,
- shudder,
- signal,
- signal display,
- ski jump,
- skip,
- slang,
- snap,
- snap back,
- splutter,
- spot,
- spring,
- spring back,
- springiness,
- sputter,
- start,
- start aside,
- start up,
- steeplechase,
- storm,
- stretch,
- stretchability,
- stretchiness,
- strip,
- strut,
- strutting,
- superannuate,
- surplus,
- suspend,
- swagger,
- swaggering,
- swank,
- swash,
- swashbuckle,
- swashbucklering,
- swashbucklery,
- swashbuckling,
- target image,
- terminate,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- throw overboard,
- thrust out,
- tic,
- tone,
- tonicity,
- tonus,
- toss out,
- tour jete,
- trace,
- transmitter signal,
- tremble,
- tremor,
- trip,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- twitch,
- twitter,
- unfrock,
- unidirectional signal,
- updive,
- upleap,
- upspring,
- vapor,
- vault,
- verve,
- vibrate,
- video signal,
- vitality,
- vivacity,
- wobble,
- yield,
- zest,
- zip