bounce

Significado (English)

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.

Synonyms

rebound

spring

bound

leap

jump

ricochet

hop

recoil

skip

jounce

resile

reverberate

bouncing

jerk

pounce

vault

jitter

vibrate

jolt

saltation

gambol

oscillate

wobble

rattle

bounce back

take a hop

bump

bob

rock

🪨

roll

flutter

frisk

jarring

jar

🫙

shake

deflect

tremor

jig

prance

leaping

swing

sway

dap

cannon

bounciness

resiliency

rout

run-out

saltus

shock

⚡

snap

springiness

spring up

stagger

start

stretch

surge

take off

throb

thump

tilt

trembling

utter

vaulting

vibes

vibrating

vibration

waggle

whipping

whoosh

back kick

backswing

cause to jump

jump over

pendulate

be stimulated

be encouraged

get lively

treat oneself to

splurge on

turn upward

recuile

vibra

vibrance

crack

make anxious

bob up and down

bend upward

oscillating motion

oscillating movement

vibratory motion

impact of recoil

return shock

vibratory movement

beat

jarring motion

blast

buffeting

burst

dandle

dart

🎯

dive

doff

dribble

drive out

duck

🦆

eject

etc

evict

explode

extrude

float

flop

hopping

hunting

increase

jiggle

jitterbug

jog

joggle

jolting

jumping

kick

kickback

knock down

motion

oscillation

oust

overturn

plunge

pop

pronk

pulse

put out

quake

raise

ramp

recoiling

resilience

revert

rise

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/baʊns/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglês médio: bunsen

Cognate with baixo alemão: bunsen

Cognate with holandês: bonzen

Cognate with inglês: bang

In summary

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.