Definitions
1.VerbTo change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle."The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch."
2.VerbTo move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly."He bounces nervously on his chair."
3.VerbTo cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly."He bounced the child on his knee.; The children were bouncing a ball against a wall."
4.VerbTo suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback."I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range."
5.VerbTo leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound."She bounced happily into the room."
6.VerbTo move rapidly (between).
7.VerbTo 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."
8.VerbTo fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a cheque/check drawn on one's account)."He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday."
9.VerbTo leave."Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce."
10.VerbTo eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
11.VerbTo have sexual intercourse.
12.VerbTo attack unexpectedly."The squadron was bounced north of the town."
13.VerbTo turn power to (a device) off and back on; to reset; to reboot."See if it helps to bounce the router."
14.VerbTo return undelivered."What’s your new email address? The old one bounces.; The girl in the bar told me her address was thirsty@example.com, but my mail to that address was bounced back by the server."
15.VerbTo land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum."The student pilot bounced several times during his landing."
16.VerbTo land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results."After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced."
17.VerbTo mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio 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."
18.VerbTo render two or more tracks to computer storage so that they can be played back and re-recorded with further material added."bouncing stems"
19.VerbTo bully; to scold.
20.VerbTo boast; to bluster.
21.VerbTo strike or thump, so as to make a sudden noise upon rebound; to knock loudly.
22.VerbTo race poorly after a successful race.
23.NounA change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
24.NounA movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
25.NounAn email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
26.NounA hypothetical event where a collapsing system, such as a universe in the Big Bounce theory, reaches a point of extreme density and then rebounds back into an expanding phase, essentially reversing the contraction due to quantum mechanical effects.
27.NounThe sack, dismissal.
28.NounA bang, boom.
29.NounA drink based on brandy.
30.NounA heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
31.NounBluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
32.NounScyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
33.NounA genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
34.NounDrugs.
35.NounSwagger.
36.NounA good beat in music.
37.NounA talent for leaping."Them pro-ballers got bounce!"
38.NounAn increase in popularity.
39.NounAn obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of two fences close together so that the horse cannot take a full stride between them, nor jump both at once.
40.NounThe situation where a horse races poorly after a successful race.