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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bounce /baʊns/USA pronunciation v., bounced, bounc•ing, n. v. - to (cause to) strike a surface and rebound: [no object]The box bounced down the stairs.[~ + off + object]The ball bounced off the wall and I caught it.[~ + object]He bounced the ball, took aim, and shot.
- to move or walk in a lively manner:[no object]She bounced out of the room, overjoyed that we would be getting a dog.
- Business (of a check) to be refused payment by a bank because there is not enough money in one's account:[no object][Your last check bounced and we won't accept another.]
- Business to refuse or be unable to pay money on (a check) because there is not enough money in one's account:[~ + object]He's bounced a few checks.
- Slang Termsto eject, expel, or dismiss (someone) quickly or with force:[~ + object]They bounced him from the club for making trouble.
- bounce back, [no object] to recover quickly:She was pretty ill with the flu, but she bounced back nicely.
n. - a bound or rebound:[countable]He caught the ball and threw it on two bounces to second base.
- ability to rebound:[uncountable]This ball has more bounce when it is inflated properly.
- vitality;
energy;
liveliness:[uncountable]a bounce in his step after the good news. - Slang Terms the bounce, [uncountable]a dismissal, rejection, or expulsion.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bounce (bouns),USA pronunciation v., bounced, bounc•ing, n., adv. v.i. - to spring back from a surface in a lively manner:The ball bounced off the wall.
- to strike the ground or other surface, and rebound:The ball bounced once before he caught it.
- to move or walk in a lively, exuberant, or energetic manner:She bounced into the room.
- to move along in a lively manner, repeatedly striking the surface below and rebounding:The box bounced down the stairs.
- to move about or enter or leave noisily or angrily (fol. by around, about, out, out of, into, etc.):He bounced out of the room in a huff.
- (of a check or the like) to fail to be honored by the bank against which it was drawn, due to lack of sufficient funds.
v.t. - to cause to bound and rebound:to bounce a ball;to bounce a child on one's knee;to bounce a signal off a satellite.
- to refuse payment on (a check) because of insufficient funds:The bank bounced my rent check.
- to give (a bad check) as payment:That's the first time anyone bounced a check on me.
- [Slang.]to eject, expel, or dismiss summarily or forcibly.
- bounce back, to recover quickly:After losing the first game of the double-header, the team bounced back to win the second.
n. - a bound or rebound:to catch a ball on the first bounce.
- a sudden spring or leap:In one bounce he was at the door.
- ability to rebound;
resilience:This tennis ball has no more bounce. - vitality;
energy;
liveliness:There is bounce in his step. This soda water has more bounce to it. - the fluctuation in magnitude of target echoes on a radarscope.
- [Slang.]a dismissal, rejection, or expulsion:He's gotten the bounce from three different jobs.
adv. - with a bounce;
suddenly.
- Middle English buncin, bounsen, variant of bunkin, apparently cognate with Dutch bonken to thump, belabor, bonzen to knock, bump 1175–1225
- 15.See corresponding entry in Unabridged animation, vivacity, life, spirit, pep, vigor, zip.
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