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Bounces

noun
/ˈbaʊnsɪz/
Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.nounA change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
2.nounA movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
3.nounAn email return with any error.
4.nounThe sack, licensing.
5.nounA bang, boom.
6.nounA drink based on brandyW.
7.nounA heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
8.nounBluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
9.nounScyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
10.nounA genre of New Orleans music.
11.nounDrugs.
12.nounSwagger.
13.nounA 'good' beat.
14.nounA talent for leaping.
"Them pro-ballers got bounce!"
15.verbTo change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
"The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch."
16.verbTo move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
"He bounces nervously on his chair."
17.verbTo cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
"He bounced the child on his knee."
18.verbTo suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
"I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range."
19.verbTo leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
"She bounced happily into the room."
20.verbTo move rapidly (between).
21.verb(of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
"We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced."
22.verbTo fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
"He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday."
23.verbTo leave.
"Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce."
24.verbTo eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
25.verb(sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
26.verb(air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
"The squadron was bounced north of the town."
27.verbTo turn power off and back on; to reset
"See if it helps to bounce the router."
28.verb(of an e-mail message or address) To return undelivered.
"The girl in the bar told me her address was thirsty@example.com, but my mail to that address bounced back to me."
29.verbTo land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
"The student pilot bounced several times during his landing."
30.verb(skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
"After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced. BSBD."
31.verb(sound recording) 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.
"Bounce tracks two and three to track four, then record the cowbell on track two."
32.verbTo bully; to scold.
33.verbTo strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.
34.verbTo boast; to bluster.

Synonyms

reboundbobbobbingbouncingmad upsupsbounce backbangdo ithave sexleapbounciness

Rhymes With

denouncesflouncespouncesouncesrenouncesannouncespronouncestrounces
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