bounce

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Synonyms: jounce, pounce, ounce, bouncy, counce, bounde, bonce, bunce, rounce, mounce, younce

Antonyms: jounce, pounce, ounce, bouncy, counce, bounde, bonce, bunce, rounce, mounce, younce

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To change the [[direction]] of [[motion]] after hitting an [[obstacle]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move [[quickly]] [[up]] and then [[down]] (or [[vice versa]]), [[once]] or [[repeatedly]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
4. {{lb|en|transitive|colloquial}} To [[suggest]] or [[introduce]] (an [[idea]], etc.) to (''off'' or ''by'') someone, in order to gain [[feedback]].
5. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[leap]] or [[spring]] suddenly or unceremoniously; to [[bound]].
6. To move [[rapidly]] (between).
7. {{lb|en|intransitive|informal|of a [[cheque]]/[[check]]}} To be [[refuse]]d by a [[bank]] because it is [[draw]]n on [[insufficient]] [[funds]].
8. {{lb|en|transitive|informal}} To fail to [[cover]] {{gloss|have sufficient funds for}} (a [[cheque]]/[[check]] [[draw]]n on one's account).
9. {{lb|en|intransitive|slang}} To [[leave#Verb|leave]].
10. {{lb|en|transitive|US|slang|dated}} To [[eject]] [[violently]], as from a room; to [[discharge]] [[unceremoniously]], as from employment.
11. {{lb|en|intransitive|slang|African American Vernacular English|sometimes followed by [[with]]}} To have [[sexual intercourse]].
12. {{lb|en|transitive|air combat}} To [[attack#Verb|attack]] [[unexpectedly]].

Noun

1. A change of [[direction]] of [[motion]] after hitting the [[ground]] or an [[obstacle]].
2. A [[movement]] [[up]] and then [[down]] (or [[vice versa]]), [[once]] or [[repeatedly]].
3. {{lb|en|internet}} An [[email]] that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
4. {{lb|en|quantum mechanics}} A [[hypothetical]] [[event]] where a [[collapsing]] [[system]], such as a universe in the [[Big Bounce]] [[theory]], reaches a point of [[extreme]] [[density]] and then [[rebound]]s back into an [[expanding]] [[phase]], [[essentially]] [[reversing]] the [[contraction]] [[due]] to [[quantum]] [[mechanical]] [[effect]]s.
5. {{lb|en|slang}} The sack, [[dismissal]].
6. {{lb|en|archaic}} A [[bang]], boom.
7. {{lb|en|archaic}} A drink based on [[brandy]], {{w|cherry bounce}}.
8. {{lb|en|archaic}} A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
9. {{lb|en|archaic}} Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
10. {{taxfmt|Scyliorhinus canicula|species}}, a [[European]] [[dogfish]].
11. {{lb|en|uncountable}} A [[genre]] of [[hip-hop]] [[music]] of [[New Orleans]], characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
12. {{lb|en|slang|African American Vernacular English|uncountable}} [[drugs|Drugs]].

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