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| bounces | |
| 1. n. plural of bounce |  |
| 2. v. en-third person singular of bounce | |
| bounce | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle. | |
| The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly. | |
| He bounces nervously on his chair. | |
| 3. v. To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly. | |
| He bounced the child on his knee. | |
| The children were bouncing a ball against a wall. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback. | |
| I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound. | |
| She bounced happily into the room. | |
| 6. v. To move rapidly (between). | |
| 7. v. (intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds. | |
| We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced. | |
| 8. v. (transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account). | |
| He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive, slang) To leave. | |
| Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce. | |
| 10. v. (US, slang) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. | |
| 11. v. (intransitive, slang) (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly. | |
| The squadron was bounced north of the town. | |
| 13. v. (intransitive, electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset | |
| See if it helps to bounce the router. | |
| 14. v. (intransitive, Internet, of an e-mail message or address) To return undelivered. | |
| What’s your new email address? The old one bounces. | |
| The girl in the bar told me her address was thirsty@example.com, but my mail to that address bounced back to me. | |
| 15. v. (intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum. | |
| The student pilot bounced several times during his landing. | |
| 16. v. (intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results. | |
| After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced. BSBD. | |
| 17. v. (transitive, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added. | |
| Bounce tracks two and three to track four, then record the cowbell on track two. | |
| 18. v. (slang) To bully; to scold. | |
| 19. v. (archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly. | |
| 20. v. (archaic) To boast; to bluster. | |
| 21. n. A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle. | |
| 22. n. A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly. | |
| 23. n. An email return with any error. | |
| 24. n. The sack, licensing. | |
| 25. n. A bang, boom. | |
| 26. n. A drink based on brandyW. | |
| 27. n. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump. | |
| 28. n. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. | |
| 29. n. Scyllium catulus, a European dogfish. | |
| 30. n. A genre of New Orleans music. | |
| 31. n. (slang) Drugs. | |
| 32. n. (slang) Swagger. | |
| 33. n. (slang) A 'good' beat. | |
| 34. n. (slang) A talent for leaping. | |
| Them pro-ballers got bounce! | |
