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Bounce   /baʊns/   Listen
verb
Bounce  v. t.  
1.
To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
2.
To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
3.
To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. (Collog. U. S.)
4.
To bully; to scold. (Collog.)


Bounce  v. i.  (past & past part. bounced; pres. part. bouncing)  
1.
To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly. "Another bounces as hard as he can knock." "Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart."
2.
To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room. "Out bounced the mastiff." "Bounced off his arm+chair."
3.
To boast; to talk big; to bluster. (Obs.)


noun
Bounce  n.  
1.
A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
2.
A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump. "The bounce burst open the door."
3.
An explosion, or the noise of one. (Obs.)
4.
Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
5.
(Zool.) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).


adverb
Bounce  adv.  With a sudden leap; suddenly. "This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me."





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"Bounce" Quotes from Famous Books



... happy; of all unconscious save His body's aptness for its then employment; His eyes intent on shells in some clear pool Or choosing where he next will plant his feet. Again he leaps, his curls against his hat Bounce up behind. The daintiest thing alive, He rocks awhile, turned from me towards the sea; Unseen I might devour him with my eyes. At last he stood upon a ledge each wave Spread with a sheet of foam four inches deep; He gazing at them saw them disappear And reappear all shining ...
— Georgian Poetry 1911-12 • Various
... the first place that would be a very unkind thing to do. Nobody likes being told of their mistakes, especially when they're as full of bounce and self-confidence as this fellow Billing. It's not right to be maliciously and wantonly unkind, Major, even to dumb animals; and I can't imagine anything more cruel than to tell Billing that he's made a mistake. In the next place, why on earth should ...
— General John Regan - 1913 • George A. Birmingham
... in the lower paths of society, and so they didn't have to make any change, but just went along as they had been used to go. But if we want to make people believe we belong to that class I should choose, if I had my pick out of English social varieties, we've got to bounce about as much above it as we were born below it, so that we can strike somewhere ...
— Pomona's Travels - A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former - Handmaiden • Frank R. Stockton
... game a rubber ball is used. One of the players throws it against a wall and as it strikes calls out the name of another player, who must catch it on its first bounce. If he does so he in turn then throws the ball against the wall, but if he misses he recovers it as quickly as possible while the rest scatter, and calls "stand," at which signal all the players must stop. He then throws it at whoever he pleases. If he misses he must place himself against ...
— Outdoor Sports and Games • Claude H. Miller
... "Whereas, some Bounce having arisen between the above men in reference to feats of pedestrianism and agility, they have agreed to settle their differences and prove who is the better man, by means of a walking-match for two hats a side and the glory of their respective ...
— Yesterdays with Authors • James T. Fields


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