Bounce
Bounce
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Bounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Bouncing
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To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
Another bounces as hard as he can knock.
Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.
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To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
Out bounced the mastiff.
Bounced off his arm+chair.
- To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.]
Bounce
v. t.
- To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
- To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
- To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. [Collog. U. S.]
- To bully; to scold. [Collog.]
Bounce
n.
- A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
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A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
The bounce burst open the door.
- An explosion, or the noise of one. [Obs.]
- Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
- A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus). (Zool.)
Bounce
adv.
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With a sudden leap; suddenly.
This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me.