bounce in English dictionary

  • bounce

    Meanings and definitions of "bounce"

    • (slang, African American Vernacular) Drugs.
    • (slang, African American Vernacular) Swagger.
    • (slang, African American Vernacular) A 'good' beat.
    • (slang, African American Vernacular) A talent for leaping.
    • (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 then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
    • (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, African American Vernacular) To leave.
    • (intransitive, slang, African American Vernacular) To have sexual intercourse.
    • (transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
    • (intransitive, electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset
    • (intransitive, Internet, of an e-mail message or address) To return undelivered.
    • (intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
    • A change of direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
    • A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
    • An email return with any error.
    • The sack, licensing
    • A bang, boom
    • A genre of New Orleans music.
    • noun
      A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
    • noun
      A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
    • noun
      An email return with any error.
    • noun
      The sack, licensing.
    • noun
      A bang, boom.
    • noun
      A drink based on brandy W.
    • noun
      A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
    • noun
      Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
    • noun
      Scyllium catulus, a European dogfish.
    • noun
      A genre of New Orleans music.
    • noun
      (slang, African American Vernacular)
      Drugs.
    • noun
      (slang, African American Vernacular)
      Swagger.
    • noun
      (slang, African American Vernacular)
      A 'good' beat.
    • noun
      (slang, African American Vernacular)
      A talent for leaping.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
    • verb
      (transitive, colloquial)
      To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to ( off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
    • verb
      (intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check)
      To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
    • verb
      (transitive, informal)
      To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
    • verb
      (intransitive, slang)
      To leave.
    • verb
      (US, slang, dated)
      To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
    • verb
      (intransitive, slang, African American Vernacular)
      (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
    • verb
      (transitive, air combat)
      To attack unexpectedly.
    • verb
      (intransitive, electronics)
      To turn power off and back on; to reset
    • verb
      (intransitive, Internet, of an e-mail message or address)
      To return undelivered.
    • verb
      (intransitive, aviation)
      To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
    • verb
      (intransitive, skydiving)
      To land hard on unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
    • verb
      (slang, dated)
      To bully; to scold.
    • verb
      (archaic)
      To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.
    • verb
      (archaic)
      To boast; to bluster.
    • change of direction of motion after hitting an obstacle
    • movement up and down
    • sack, licensing
    • change direction of motion after hitting an obstacle
    • move quickly up and down
    • of a cheque/check: to be refused
    • cause to move quickly up and down
    • To spring away from an impact.
    • noun
      a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
    • noun
      rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
    • noun
      the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
    • verb
      come back after being refused; "the check bounced"
    • verb
      eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"
    • verb
      hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball"
    • verb
      leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet"
    • verb
      move up and down repeatedly
    • verb
      refuse to accept and send back; "bounce a check"
    • verb
      spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

    Synonyms of "bounce" in English dictionary

    expel, pass up, elasticity are the top synonyms of "bounce" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "bounce" in English dictionary

    clear is the antonym of "bounce" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of bounce

    • bounce ( plural  bounces)
    • bounce ( third-person singular simple present bounces, present participle bouncing, simple past and past participle bounced)
    • bounce (plural bounces)
    • bounce (third-person singular simple present bounces, present participle bouncing, simple past and past participle bounced)
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