bounce
bounce
baƊns
bawns
/bˈa‍ʊns/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "bounce"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϞāĻžāĻĢāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to jump up and down over and over again, especially on a stretchy surface
Intransitive
to bounce definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the concert, the crowd started to bounce to the rhythm of the energetic music.
āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϜāύāϤāĻž āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āϤ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻĢāĻžāύ⧋ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of an email) to fail to reach the destination and be sent back to the sender
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The server issues caused several emails to bounce, creating a delay in communication.
āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āχāĻŽā§‡āϞ āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϏ, āϞāĻžāĻĢāĻžāύ⧋

to move away from a surface after making contact
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After hitting the pavement, the basketball started to bounce, gradually losing its momentum.
āĻĒ⧇āĻ­āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϟāĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞāĨ¤
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āϞāĻžāĻĢāĻžāύ⧋, āϞāĻžāĻĢāĻžāύ⧋

to strike an object in a way that it rebounds or moves back after impact
Transitive: to bounce a ball
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He carefully aimed the basketball, hoping to bounce it off the backboard and into the hoop.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϟāĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻšā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻĸ⧁āĻ•āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āϞāĻžāĻĢāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to rapidly move up and down in a repeated or rhythmic manner
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The baby in the stroller giggled as the wheels hit a small bump, causing it to bounce.
āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāϞāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‡āϏ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϚāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĸ⧇āωāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āĻāϟāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āφāϏāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of a check) to be returned by a bank due to insufficient funds or other issues
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The landlord was frustrated when the tenant 's rent check bounced for the second consecutive month.
āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻ• āϟāĻžāύāĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āφāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻž āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to forcefully remove or expel someone from a place or property
Transitive: to bounce sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The security personnel were instructed to bounce anyone attempting to enter without proper authorization.
āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϝāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻĨ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāύ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to return a check to the payee due to issues such as insufficient funds
Transitive: to bounce a check
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A misspelled name on the check caused the bank to bounce it back to the issuer for correction.
āĻšā§‡āϕ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āχāĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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to take turns performing an action or speaking, especially in a conversational or collaborative setting

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The actors bounced lines back and forth to rehearse the scene.
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āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to leave or exit quickly, often suddenly
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She bounced after the argument.
āϤāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
01

the lively thickness, shine, and elasticity of healthy hair that allows it to move and return to shape easily

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The shampoo promises to restore volume and bounce to dull hair.
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the property of a material that allows it to rebound or spring back after being compressed or struck

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tennis ball lost its bounce after several games.
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a light, self-propelled upward or forward movement, often with energy or enthusiasm

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The puppy 's playful bounce made everyone smile.
04

the act or motion of rebounding after striking a surface

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A higher bounce means the floor surface is too rigid.
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an undelivered email that is returned to the sender due to delivery failure, often caused by a technical or address-related issue

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She checked her inbox for bounce messages after the campaign.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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