bounce

Meaning

Verb

1. To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
2. To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
3. To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
4. (colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.
5. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
6. To move rapidly (between).
7. (informal) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
8. (informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
9. (slang) To leave.
10. (slang) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
11. (slang) To have sexual intercourse.
12. To attack unexpectedly.
13. To turn power off and back on; to reset.
14. To return undelivered.
15. To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
16. To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
17. To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
18. (slang) To bully; to scold.
19. (slang) To boast; to bluster.
20. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.

Noun

1. A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
2. A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
3. An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
4. The sack, dismissal.
5. A bang, boom.
6. A drink based on brandy.ᵂ
7. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
8. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
9. Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
10. A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
11. (slang) Drugs.
12. (slang) Swagger.
13. (slang) A good beat in music.
14. (slang) A talent for leaping.
15. (informal) An increase in popularity.

Concepts

bounce

rebound

spring

bound

leap

jump

ricochet

hop

recoil

skip

jounce

resile

reverberate

vault

jerk

jolt

oscillate

vibrate

pounce

gambol

saltation

bouncing

jitter

bump

jar

rock

roll

shake

sway

swing

wobble

rattle

bob

jig

leaping

take a hop

bounciness

cannon

deflect

dap

prance

flutter

jarring

tremor

frisk

resiliency

bounce back

rout

dandle

jiggle

jog

make anxious

joggle

be encouraged

be stimulated

get lively

splurge on

treat oneself to

bob up and down

duck

waggle

bend upward

raise

tilt

turn upward

plunge

spring up

ramp

start

put out

doff

drive out

eject

evict

extrude

oust

take off

utter

shock

vaulting

back kick

backswing

impact of recoil

kickback

recoiling

recuile

return shock

whipping

buffeting

hunting

jarring motion

jolting

oscillating motion

oscillating movement

oscillation

pendulate

quake

trembling

vibes

vibra

vibrance

vibrating

vibration

vibratory motion

vibratory movement

run-out

beat

hopping

jitterbug

jumping

kick

motion

pulse

stagger

throb

jump over

cause to jump

etc

snap

springiness

stretch

resilience

revert

pronk

burst

dart

surge

whoosh

float

knock down

overturn

dribble

thump

dive

flop

saltus

increase

rise

crack

pop

blast

explode

Pronounced as (IPA)

/baʊns/

Etymology

From Middle English bunsen (“to beat, thump”), perhaps imitative. Compare Low German bunsen (“to beat”), Dutch bonzen (“to thump, knock, throb”), and akin to bonken (“to bang, smash”), and possibly English bang.