Bounce

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adv With a sudden leap; suddenly.

II. Bounce ·noun A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.

III. Bounce ·noun An explosion, or the noise of one.

IV. Bounce ·noun A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).

V. Bounce ·noun A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.

VI. Bounce ·vt To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.

VII. Bounce ·vt To Bully; to Scold.

VIII. Bounce ·vi To Boast; to talk big; to Bluster.

IX. Bounce ·vi To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.

X. Bounce ·noun Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.

XI. Bounce ·vt To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.

XII. Bounce ·vi To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to Bound; as, she bounced into the room.

XIII. Bounce ·vt To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to Bump; to Thump.

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