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Noun bounce has 3 senses
- bounce, bounciness - the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
--1 is a kind of elasticity, snap
- leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce - a light springing movement upwards or forwards
--2 is a kind of jump, jumping
--2 has particulars: caper, capriole; pounce
- bounce, bouncing - rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
--3 is a kind of recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash
Verb bounce has 7 senses
- bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
--1 is one way to jump, leap, bound, spring
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- bounce - hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball"
--2 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:
The children bounce the ball
- bounce, jounce - move up and down repeatedly
--3 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
The balls bounce
These balls bounce easily
- bounce - come back after being refused; "the check bounced"
--4 is one way to return, go back, get back, come back
Antonyms: clear
Sample sentence:
The checks bounce
- bounce - leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet"
--5 is one way to jump, leap, bound, spring
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- bounce - refuse to accept and send back; "bounce a check"
--6 is one way to refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline
Sample sentence:
The banks bounce the check
- bounce - eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"
--7 is one way to expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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