bounce1 verbbounce2 noun
bouncebounce1 /baʊns/ ●●● S3 verb 
WORD ORIGINbounce1
Origin:
1500-1600 bounce ‘to hit’ (13-19 centuries), probably from the soundVERB TABLE
bounce
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | bounce |
| he, she, it | bounces | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | bounced |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have bounced |
| he, she, it | has bounced | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had bounced |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bounce |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have bounced |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am bouncing |
| he, she, it | is bouncing | |
| you, we, they | are bouncing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was bouncing |
| you, we, they | were bouncing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been bouncing |
| he, she, it | has been bouncing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been bouncing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be bouncing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been bouncing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Doherty's case has bounced him from court to court.
- Grosso talks rapidly, bouncing from one thought to the next.
- I was in a sea plane with 10 others, bouncing in the air currents.
- If the check bounces, the bank charges a fee of $18.
- She tried to mail him several times but the message always bounced.
- That June, he bounced the other two leaders and named himself President.
- Two boys stood on the corner bouncing basketballs.
- Daks are known to bounce back, but this one looks beyond recall.
- First I thought that a bullet had hit me on the helmet and somehow bounced off.
- Socialism and fun were here colliding, whereas conservatism and fun seem to bounce along happily in the YCs.
- The ball couldn't have bounced better for Steve White, who took aim and and hit the target with some style.
- The Nikkei 225-stock index has spent most of the past two years bouncing between 14000 and 20000.
- Unfortunately, when you write, your thoughts bounce around the page in a similar fashion.
- We sat bouncing up and down in our seats for the excitement.
- We were encouraged to bounce links off each other.
THESAURUS
verb [intransitive, transitive] to push yourself up into the air, over something etc, using your legs: · The cat jumped up onto the table.· He jumped over the stream.· His horse jumped the fence successfully.
verb [intransitive] to move forwards with little jumps between your steps, especially because you are feeling happy: · The little girl was skipping down the street.
verb [intransitive] to jump or move around on one leg: · He was hopping around because he’d injured his foot.
verb [intransitive, transitive] especially written to suddenly jump up high or a long way: · The deer leapt over the fence.· Tina leapt onto the boat as it was moving away.· Fish were leaping out of the water.
verb [intransitive] to jump up and down several times, especially on something that has springs in it: · Children love bouncing on beds.
verb [intransitive] to jump into water with your head and arms first: · Zoë dived into the swimming pool.
verb [intransitive, transitive] especially written to jump over something in one movement, using your hands or a pole to help you: · He vaulted the ticket barrier and ran for the exit.· Ben tried to vault over the bar.
Longman Language Activatoremail also e-mail electronic mail; the system that allows people to send messages and documents to each other by computer, or a message or file that has been sent using this system: · Email has revolutionized the way we all think and work.email address: · Give me your email address and I'll send you directions to the party.send an email: · I sent him an email two weeks ago, but I haven't heard anything back.
also e-mail to send someone a message or a computer file by email: · We'd been emailing each other for six months before we actually met.email somebody something: · I'll email you my résumé when I get home.
the traditional system of collecting and delivering letters, packages etc - use this when you are comparing this system to email: · Sorry about the snailmail - my email's not working.
a discussion group on the Internet, which consists of a list of people who can each send messages to the rest of the list by email
a document or file, for example a document from a word processor or spreadsheet, which is sent with an email so that it can be read and used by the person who receives the email: · I'm sending the document as an attachment. Please let me know if you have trouble reading it.
to connect a document or a file to an email: · I've attached the latest spreadsheet for you to look at.
to send someone a message that criticizes them on the Internet, especially in a rude or angry way: · Flaming your boss really isn't a good idea, however angry you are.
email messages that a computer user has not asked for and does not want to read, for example, messages from advertisers: · I was getting so much spam mail that I changed my email address.
if an email message that you send bounces or is bounced , it is automatically returned to you because of a technical problem: · She tried to mail him several times but the message always bounced.
to hit an object or surface and move away again to move a long way away from a surface or object after hitting it hard: bounce off something: · The game of squash is played by hitting a ball that bounces off a wall.bounce something off something: · The device works by bouncing sound waves off objects and measuring the time it takes for the sound to return.
to hit something and then move away again: · Summers caught the ball as it hit the wall and rebounded.rebound off: · Electrons move around quickly, hitting and then rebounding off each other.
if something glances off an object that it hits, it hits the surface at an angle and then moves away from it in another direction: · A shot by Best glanced off the rim of the basket.
if a bullet ricochets , it hits an object and moves away from it very quickly: · I heard the shot ricochet, then felt a sudden pain in my leg.ricochet off: · A bullet ricocheted off the rock he was hiding behind.
to become strong or happy again after a period of problems or unhappiness to become strong or happy again after experiencing problems or unhappiness: · Losing my job was a terrible blow, and it took me quite a while to recover.recover from: · Mark never really recovered from the shock of his father's death.· It took a long time for the British economy to recover from the effects of the war.
to recover from a particular problem or from a difficult or unhappy time: · It took Joe quite a long time to get over the divorce.· Don't worry about Henry - he'll soon get over it.· Children seem to get over things very quickly.
informal to recover quickly and easily after problems or an unhappy period of time: bounce back after: · Liverpool's footballers hope to bounce back after their defeat in Europe last week.bounce back from: · We are confident the business will bounce back from the recession.
WORD SETSacceptor, nounA/D, after date, adverbagio, nounAPACS, ARM, Asian Development Bank, nounATM, nounaval, nounbalance, nounbank, nounbank, verbbank account, nounbank balance, nounbankbook, nounbank card, nounbank draft, nounbanker, nounbanker's card, nounbanker's order, nounbank manager, nounbank mandate, bank money, banknote, nounbank rate, nounBBA, nounb/e, blank cheque, nounBoard of Banking Supervision, nounB of E, bounce, verbbuilding society, nounC/A, cap and collar, nouncapital adequacy, nouncard, nouncardholder, nouncash account, cash against documents, nouncash card, nouncash dispenser, nouncashier, nouncash machine, nouncash management, Cashpoint, nouncash ratio, central bank, nouncertificate of deposit, nouncertificate of protest, nouncharge account, nouncharge card, nouncheckbook, nounchecking account, nounchequebook, nouncheque card, nounCHIPS, CIB, clear, verbclearance, nounclearer, nounclearing bank, nounclearing house, nounClearing House Automated Payment System, nounClearing House Interbank Payments System, nounclient account, CMO, co-manager, nounComptroller of the Currency, nounconfirmed irrevocable credit, credit, verbcredit analysis, credit appraisal, credit control, credit facility, credit rationing, nouncross, verbcrossed cheque, nouncurrent account, nouncustodial account, debit, noundebit, verbdebit card, noundebit note, noundemand account, denomination, noundeposit, noundeposit account, noundeposit certificate, depositor, noundepository institution, deposit protection fund, noundevelopment bank, direct debit, noundirect deposit, noundiscount loan, documentary credit, draft, noundraw, verbeffective rate, EFTPOS, nounendorsee, nounendorser, nounescrow account, Euribor, nounEurodollar, nounEuropean interbank offered rate, export credit, extended credit, face amount, Federal funds, fiduciary, nounfinance charge, financial institution, nounforeign currency account, funder, nounFX, giro, nounhole-in-the-wall, nounidle balance, institutional investment, Issue Department, nounissuer, nounlodgment, nounlong-term credit, loro account, medium-term credit, merchant bank, nounmoney market, nounmoney order, nounnegotiable, adjectivenon-negotiable, adjectivenostro account, note issuance facility, notice account, NOW account, numbered account, overdraft, nounoverfunding, nounoverlend, verbpassbook, nounpayee, nounpaying-in book, nounpaying-in slip, nounpersonal credit, personal identification number, nounPIN, nounpostdate, verbpublic account, R/D, rediscounting, nounreserves, nounrevolving credit, risk analysis, nounsafety-deposit box, nounsave, verbsaver, nounsavings account, nounsavings bank, nounsecured credit, seignorage, nounself-liquidating, adjectiveshort-term credit, smart card, nounstanding order, nounstub, nounsuspense account, Switch card, nounteller, noununsecured credit, vostro account, yield spread,
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Stop bouncing up and down on the sofa.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Stop bouncing up and down on the sofa.· He was in the yard bouncing a ball against the wall.
· In tennis, the ball must only bounce once.
(=hits something and moves away from it again)· The bullet ricocheted off a wall.
(=is not paid by a bank because there is not enough money in the account)· The cheque bounced because my account was overdrawn.
(=discuss each other’s ideas and think of good new ones)· Our regular meetings are opportunities to fire ideas off each other.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· General Shafter corrected, and the three officers, bouncing about as they tried to peer down through the clouds, laughed.
· Experienced workers lead the kids through sand, water play, and bounce along!· The Chris-Craft bounced along nicely: an expensive wheel-steered vessel, trim and fast.· Billy's short legs kept getting tangled in the heather, so he bounced along like a kangaroo through the springy tufts.· Socialism and fun were here colliding, whereas conservatism and fun seem to bounce along happily in the YCs.· She hacked at the ball, which bounced along the snooker table and rolled into a pocket.· It bounces along wonderfully, with Caine obviously having a whale of a time, and is ideal kiddies' Christmas fare.· It bounced along above the pushchair, flashing gold, red and silver in the sunshine.· Dexter bounced along behind Blanche with renewed energy.
· I got on before I could change my mind and we bounced around for a few minutes.· As the numbers bounced around, Sen.· The various lessons involve showing large and colourful letters on the screen, sometimes the float and bounce around.· The 49ers have bounced around in their training camp locations.· She was bouncing around in a tent-like dress, patterned in psychedelic swirls of purple and brown.· Some wild wine ideas are bouncing around right now.· No-one bounces around my school without my permission.· He says the Dow is bouncing around 8, 000, headed eventually to 10, 000.
· When the laser reaches the pale stone surface the light emitted is bounced back instead of absorbed and the process ceases.· The case bounced back and forth between a federal district judge and a court of appeals three times.· But with 6 minutes to go, United bounced back.· Now the Lakers just need Ceballos to bounce back.· The radar waves bounce back off the cars that approach, and are registered by the receiving apparatus.· In 1990 it lost 3. 1 percent but in 1991 it bounced back with a return of 30. 77 percent.· Their 1987 balance sheets took a hit because of defaults, but have bounced back nicely in 1988.· Then, as the yen weakened again to 104. 2 in mid-September, the Nikkei bounced back to 18474. 38.
· He dropped it, and it bounced down the stairs.· But to Boro's frustration, the ball hit the crossbar, bounced down and was cleared.
· The first bullet bounced off his skull, leaving the 38-year-old father of two virtually unscathed.· From them he receives counsel and bounces off ideas.· He bounced off the side, then rolled into a ditch.· He says it loudly enough to bounce off Maryellen and reach Allen.· If none of the light bounced off the electron into the microscope there would be nothing to see.· Before I could grasp what was happening, I had bounced off the wall and was crumpling on to the floor in pain.· Ian Durrant told me that later that the ball had bounced off a sprinkler head.· He found places where the waves bounced off the boundary and then returned to the surface near a large bank of seismographs.
· It swerved wildly towards the wall, bounced over the pavement and came to a stop four feet from the concrete wall.· Now imagine your house is on wheels, bouncing over several hundred miles of road a day.· Squigs bounce over intervening troops and scenery and land where indicated.
· The Feldwebel bounced up and down on his seat with laughter as he had done in the car at Amsterdam.· We sat bouncing up and down in our seats for the excitement.· You then bounce up and down until you stop.· Then he flexed his knees and bounced up and down.· The leaves of the giant rubber plants bounce up and down.· Few of us bounce up and down in glee at the prospect of paying taxes.· Linda skipped up, Ella bounced up.· So he played gently enough not to make the hammers of Stein's pianos bounce up and hit the strings again.
NOUN· The ball bounced their way, but sometimes it didn't quite go far enough.· The unhappy ball does not bounce.· Yes, Ezra is a tennis ball, does bounce on, off, along, over everything.· She feels like a Ping-Pong ball, bouncing between her boss and a woman she considers her friend.· Television replays confirmed that the ball bounced behind the line.· Without warning the ball bounces faster.· Ian Durrant told me that later that the ball had bounced off a sprinkler head.· Striking the ball was a total physical pleasure, and the ball flew, bounced, and rolled some 220 yards.
· You can bounce ideas off them and benefit from their expertise, as they have often been self-employed themselves.· From them he receives counsel and bounces off ideas.· He bounced ideas off colleagues everywhere he went, and they were greeted with enthusiasm.· We spend an awful lot of time together bouncing ideas, talking about the right thing to do.· They can bounce ideas off one another and provide a mutual critique or one another's work.· We were always getting together and bouncing ideas around about improving products and offering customers more value.· Is there some one I can bounce ideas off?· We could bounce ideas off each other and share problems.
· The sound ricocheted around the hall, bouncing from the marble walls, piercing his throbbing head.· Before I could grasp what was happening, I had bounced off the wall and was crumpling on to the floor in pain.· The car bounced off the wall and came toward me.· The sound swelled, bounced from wall to wall, was projected down at her from the roof.· Hrun landed rolling, bounced off a wall and came up on his feet.· She was only too glad to have even this talk bouncing against walls that had become a tomb.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1ball/object [intransitive, transitive] if a ball or other object bounces, or you bounce it, it immediately moves up or away from a surface after hitting itbounce off- He bounced ideas off colleagues everywhere he went, and they were greeted with enthusiasm.
- Is there some one I can bounce ideas off?
- They can bounce ideas off one another and provide a mutual critique or one another's work.
- We could bounce ideas off each other and share problems.
- You can bounce ideas off them and benefit from their expertise, as they have often been self-employed themselves.
The ball bounced off the post and into the goal.bounce something on/against etc something The kids were bouncing a ball against the wall.2jump up and down [intransitive] to move up and down, especially because you are hitting a surface that is made of rubber, has springs etcbounce on Lyn was bouncing on the trampoline. Stop bouncing up and down on the sofa.► see thesaurus at jump3cheque [intransitive, transitive] if a cheque bounces, or if a bank bounces a cheque, the bank will not pay any money because there is not enough money in the account of the person who wrote it4walk [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk quickly and with a lot of energy: Olivia came bouncing into the room.5something moves up and down [intransitive] if something bounces, it moves quickly up and down as you move: Her hair bounced when she walked.6light/sound [intransitive, transitive] if light or sound bounces, it hits a surface and then moves quickly away from itbounce (something) off something The radio signals are bounced off a satellite.7email (also bounce back) [intransitive, transitive] if an email that you send bounces or is bounced, it is returned to you and the other person does not receive it because of a technical problem8bounce ideas off somebody to talk about your ideas with someone in order to get their opinion: When you work in a team you can bounce your ideas off each other.9force somebody to leave [transitive] informal to force someone to leave a place, job, or organization, especially because they have done something wrongbounce somebody from something Taylor was bounced from the team for assaulting another player.bounce something ↔ around phrasal verb informal to discuss ideas with other people: I wanted to have a meeting so that we could bounce a few ideas around.bounce back phrasal verb1to feel better quickly after being ill, or to become successful again after failing or having been defeated SYN recover: The company’s had a lot of problems in the past, but it’s always managed to bounce back.2if an email that you send bounces back or is bounced back, it is returned to you and the other person does not receive it because of a technical problembounce somebody into something phrasal verb British English to force someone to decide to do something, especially without giving them time to consider it carefullybounce somebody into doing something Party members feel that they were bounced into accepting the policy.bounce1 verbbounce2 noun
bouncebounce2 noun 1[countable] the action of moving up and down on a surface: Try to catch the ball on the second bounce.2[uncountable] the ability to move up and down on a surface, or that surface’s ability to make something move up and down: The ball had completely lost its bounce. a basketball court with good bounce3[singular, uncountable] a lot of energy that someone has: Exercise is great. I feel like there’s a new bounce in my step.4[uncountable] hair that has bounce is in very good condition and goes back to its shape if you press it: a brand-new styling spray that gives your hair body and bounce5[countable] a sudden increase in something such as how popular a leader isbounce in the bounce in the property market