BOUNCE
\bˈa͡ʊns], \bˈaʊns], \b_ˈaʊ_n_s]\
Definitions of BOUNCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
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eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"
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spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
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leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet"
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refuse to accept and send back; "bounce a check"
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hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball"
By Princeton University
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the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
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hit something so that it bounces, as of a ball
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eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"
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spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
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leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet"
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refuse to accept and send back; "bounce a check"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
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To boast; to talk big; to bluster.
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To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
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To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
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To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
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A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
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A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
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An explosion, or the noise of one.
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Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
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A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
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With a sudden leap; suddenly.
By Oddity Software
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To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
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To boast; to talk big; to bluster.
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To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
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To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
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To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
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A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
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A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
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An explosion, or the noise of one.
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Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
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A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
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With a sudden leap; suddenly.
By Noah Webster.
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To cause to move with an elastic motion; to cause to bound.
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To strike against anything so as to spring back again; to leap or spring suddenly.
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A sudden bound or spring.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To jump or spring suddenly: to boast, to exaggerate.
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A heavy, sudden blow: a leap or spring: a boast: a bold lie.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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