bounce
A movement up and then down, once or repeatedlyA movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
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Examples
44 sentencesLet me bounce something off you.
Tom is the boy over there bouncing a ball.
Hit the ball after the bounce.
Meaning
18 senses(countable, uncountable)A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
(countable, uncountable)A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
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(Internet, countable, uncountable)An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
Bounce
More meanings 15
(countable, uncountable)A hypothetical event where a collapsing system, such as a universe in the Big Bounce theory, reaches a point of extreme density and then rebounds back into an expanding phase, essentially reversing the contraction due to quantum mechanical effects.
(countable, uncountable)Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
(uncountable)A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
(countable, informal, uncountable)An increase in popularity.
(countable, uncountable)An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of two fences close together so that the horse cannot take a full stride between them, nor jump both at once.
(countable, slang, uncountable)The sack, dismissal.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A bang, boom.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A drink based on brandy, cherry bounce.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
- the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
Origin
From Middle English bounsen, bunsen (“to beat, thump”), cognate with Scots bunce, bonce (“From Middle English bounsen, bunsen (“to beat, thump”), cognate with Scots bunce, bonce (“to bounce”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps imitative, related to bump, or related to Middle English bonchen (“to pound, beat”) and Dutch bonken (“to bump”).
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Forms
plural: bouncesSynonyms
23 synonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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