| bounce | (n) the quality of a substance that is able to rebound, Syn. bounciness |
| bounce | (n) rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts), Syn. bouncing |
| bounce | (v) spring back; spring away from an impact, Syn. take a hop, recoil, bound, ricochet, rebound, reverberate, spring, resile, Example: The rubber ball bounced; These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide |
| bounce | (v) hit something so that it bounces, Example: bounce a ball |
| bounce | (v) move up and down repeatedly, Syn. jounce |
| bounce | (v) come back after being refused, Ant. clear, Example: the check bounced |
| bounce | (v) leap suddenly, Example: He bounced to his feet |
| bounce | (v) refuse to accept and send back, Example: bounce a check |
| bounce | (v) eject from the premises, Example: The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club |
| bounce out | (v) bounce a ball so that it becomes an out |
| Bounce | adv. With a sudden leap; suddenly. [ 1913 Webster ] This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me. Bickerstaff. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bounce | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bounced p. pr. & vb. n. Bouncing ] [ OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen to strike, bounce, bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative origin. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly. [ 1913 Webster ] Another bounces as hard as he can knock. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room. [ 1913 Webster ] Out bounced the mastiff. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] Bounced off his arm+chair. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bounce | v. t. 1. To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. [ Collog. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To bully; to scold. [ Collog. ] J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bounce | n. [ 1913 Webster ] 1. A sudden leap or bound; a rebound. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump. [ 1913 Webster ] The bounce burst open the door. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. An explosion, or the noise of one. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. Johnson. De Quincey.&unr_; [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Zool.) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus). [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bouncer | n. 1. One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A boaster; a bully. [ Collog. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A bold lie; also, a liar. [ Collog. ] Marryat. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Something big; a good stout example of the kind. [ 1913 Webster ] The stone must be a bouncer. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. a person employed by a tavern, nightclub, or other place of public meeting, to eject persons who become violent or unruly. [ PJC ] |
| Bouncing | a. 1. Stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom. [ 1913 Webster ] Many tall and bouncing young ladies. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Excessive; big. “A bouncing reckoning.” B. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bouncing Bet (Bot.), the common soapwort (Saponaria officinalis). Harper's Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Bouncingly | adv. With a bounce. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| bouncy | adj. 1. readily regaining its original shape or position after stretching, compression, or other deformation; as, clean bouncy hair.
Syn. -- live, lively, resilient, springy, whippy. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. showing a joyous enthusiasm. Opposite of dull.
Syn. -- animated, bouncing, buoyant, exuberant, peppy, perky, spirited, zippy. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |