Dictionary Definition
bounce
Noun
1 the quality of a substance that is able to
rebound [syn: bounciness]
3 rebounding from an impact (or series of
impacts) [syn: bouncing]
Verb
1 spring back; spring away from an impact; "The
rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite
after they collide" [syn: resile, take a hop,
spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet]
2 hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a
ball"
3 move up and down repeatedly [syn: jounce]
4 come back after being refused; "the check
bounced" [ant: clear]
5 leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet"
6 refuse to accept and send back; "bounce a
check"
7 eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is
to bounce people who want to enter this private club"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- , /baʊns/, /baUns/
- Rhymes: -aʊns
Verb
- To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
- To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
- To cause to move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once
or repeatedly.
- He bounced the baby on his knee.
- intransitive informal Of a cheque/check, to be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
- To leave.
- To have sexual intercourse.
- transitive air combat To
attack unexpectedly.
- The squadron was bounced north of the town.
- intransitive electronics To turn power
off and back on; to reset
- See if it helps to bounce the router.
Synonyms
change direction of motion after hitting an
obstacle
- Finnish: kimmota
- French: rebondir
- German: abprallen
- Italian: rimbalzare
move quickly up and down
- Crimean Tatar: sekirmek
- Finnish: hyppiä
- German: hüpfen, auf und ab hüpfen
- Portuguese: quicar
cause to move quickly up and down
- Finnish: pompottaa, hyppyyttää
Noun
Translations
change of direction of motion after hitting an
obstacle
- trreq Dutch
- Finnish: kimpoaminen
- French: rebond
- Italian: rimbalzo
- trreq Spanish
movement up and down
- trreq Dutch
- Finnish: pomppiminen
- French: rebond
- Italian: rimbalzo
- trreq Spanish
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
- Deflection, particularly of a solid object striking a surface
- Bounce (film), a 2000 film starring Gwyneth Paltrow
- Bounce (musical), a 2003 musical by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
- Bounce music, a style of hip hop music that originated in New Orleans
- Bounce FM, a fictional radio station in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Bounce
(album), a 2002 album by Bon Jovi
- "Bounce" (Bon Jovi song), a song from the album
- "Bounce" (song), a 2005 single by Turkish pop singer Tarkan
- "Bounce" (Sarah Connor song), a 2003 single by German artist Sarah Connor
- A song by Timbaland from his 2007 album Timbaland Presents Shock Value
- A song by System of a Down from their 2001 album Toxicity
- A song by Aaron Carter from his 2000 album Aaron's Party (Come Get It)
- A song by Katchafire from their 2003 album Revival
- A series of children's programming, segments of which are broadcast on the PBS Kids Sprout cable-television network
In sports:
- Bounce (jump), a type of fence in equestrian events
- Bounce (golf), a term referring to the shape of the head on certain golf clubs
- Running bounce, a skill in Australian rules football
- Ball-up, a method of restarting play in Australian rules football
In technology:
- Bounce (network), a networking term for masking connections, or sometimes a synonym for reset when applied as a verb to a server
- Contact bounce, a common problem with mechanical switches and relays
In other:
- Bounce (banking), to tender a check for which one has non-sufficient funds, or the return of such a check
- Bounce (fabric softener), an American brand of fabric softener sheet produced by Procter & Gamble
- Bounce (texture), in mouthfeel, the rate at which a foodstuff returns to its original shape after partial compression
See also
bounce in German: Bounce
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
AM signal, CRT spot, DM display, Doppler signal,
FM signal, Highland fling, IF signal, IM display, RF amplifier, RF
echoes, RF signal, RF stage, adaptability, airiness, and jump, animation, ax, backfire, backlash, backlashing, beam, beat signal, blips, bludgeon, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff,
bob, bobble, boomerang, boot, boot out, bounce, bounce back, bounces, bounciness, bound, bound back, brag, brave show, break, breeziness, broad jump,
browbeat, buck, buckjump, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, bump, buoyance, buoyancy, bust, can, cannon, cannon off, caper, capriole, caracole, carefreeness, carom, cashier, cast, cast out, cavort, chatter, chirpiness, chuck out,
clear, contrecoup, cow, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers,
debonairness,
defenestrate,
defrock, degrade, demivolt, demote, deplume, depose, deprive, detrude, didder, direct signal, disbar, discard, discharge, disemploy, dismiss, displace, display, displume, dither, double-dot display,
dragoon, drum out,
dynamism, echo, echo signal, eject, elasticity, energy, exclude, expel, extensibility, extrude, falter, fire, flexibility, flounce, fly back, flying jump,
frisk, furlough, galliard, gambado, gambol, gasconade, gelandesprung,
get-up-and-go, give, give
the ax, give the gate, give the hook, go, grand jete, grimace, handspring, have an ague,
have repercussions, heave out, hector, high jump, hippety-hop,
hop, hurdle, hustle, intimidate, jactitate, jar, jauntiness, jerk, jete, jettison, jig, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jounce, jump, jump about, jump over, jump
shot, jump turn, jump-hop, jump-off, junk, kick, kick back, kick downstairs,
kick out, kick upstairs, kickback, lash back, lavolta, lay off, leap, leap over, leapfrog, let go, let out,
levity, life, light heart, lightheartedness,
lightness, lightsomeness, liveliness, local oscillator
signal, long jump, lop, make
redundant, morris,
negotiate, obtrude, oust, out-herod Herod, output
signal, overjump,
overleap, overskip, peacockery, peacockishness, pension
off, pep, perkiness, pertness, picture, pips, pole vault, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon,
prance, put out, quake, quaver, quiver, radar signal,
radio-frequency amplifier, radio-frequency signal, radio-frequency
stage, rage, ramp, rant, rave, read out of, reading, rebound, rebuff, recalcitrate, recalcitration, recoil, reflected signal,
reflection, reject, release, remove, repercuss, repercussion, replace, repulse, resile, resilience, resiliency, responsiveness, retire, return, return signal, ricochet, rictus, roister, rollick, romp, running broad jump, running
high jump, sack, saut de
basque, separate forcibly, shake, shiver, shock, shortwave signal, shudder, signal, signal display, ski jump,
skip, slang, snap, snap back, splutter, spot, spring, spring back, springiness, sputter, start, start aside, start up,
steeplechase,
storm, stretch, stretchability, stretchiness, strip, strut, strutting, superannuate, surplus, suspend, swagger, swaggering, swank, swash, swashbuckle, swashbucklering,
swashbucklery,
swashbuckling,
target image, terminate, throw away, throw
out, throw overboard, thrust out, tic, tone, tonicity, tonus, toss out, tour jete,
trace, transmitter signal,
tremble, tremor, trip, turn off, turn out, twitch, twitter, unfrock, unidirectional signal,
updive, upleap, upspring, vapor, vault, verve, vibrate, video signal, vitality, vivacity, wobble, yield, zest, zip