Bounce
21bounce — bounce1 [ bauns ] verb ** ▸ 1 hit surface ▸ 2 move up and down ▸ 3 be reflected ▸ 4 when check is not paid ▸ 5 move energetically ▸ 6 when email comes back ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive if a ball or other object bounces, or if you… …
22Bounce — * Deflection, particularly of a solid object striking a surface In entertainment: * 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… …
23bounce — I n. 1) a bounce to (there s a bounce to his walk) 2) on the bounce (to catch a ball on the bounce; to hit on the first bounce) II v. 1) (d; intr.) to bounce out of (she bounced out of the chair) 2) (d; intr.) to bounce to (he bounced to his… …
24bounce — I UK [baʊns] / US verb Word forms bounce : present tense I/you/we/they bounce he/she/it bounces present participle bouncing past tense bounced past participle bounced ** 1) [intransitive/transitive] if a ball or other object bounces, or if you… …
25bounce — [[t]ba͟ʊns[/t]] bounces, bouncing, bounced 1) V ERG When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it. [V n prep] I bounced a ball against the house... [V n]… …
26bounce — [c]/baʊns / (say bowns) verb (bounced, bouncing) –verb (i) 1. to move with a bound, and rebound, as a ball: a ball bounces back from the wall. 2. to burst ebulliently (into or out of): to bounce into and out of a room. 3. to boast; show off. 4.… …
27bounce — bounceable, adj. bounceably, adv. /bowns/, v., bounced, bouncing, n., adv. v.i. 1. to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall. 2. to strike the ground or other surface, and rebound: The ball bounced once… …
28bounce — 01. The basketball [bounced] off the backboard, and dropped into the net. 02. The children were [bouncing] a rubber ball against the side of the house. 03. The rocks [bounced] down the hillside before coming to a rest in a stream. 04. Bats find… …
29bounce — {{11}}bounce (n.) 1520s, a heavy blow, also a leap, a rebound from BOUNCE (Cf. bounce) (v.). {{12}}bounce (v.) early 13c., bounsen to thump, hit, perhaps from Du. bonzen to beat, thump, or Low Ger. bunsen, or onomatopoeic; sense probably… …
30bounce — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Bounce is used before these nouns: ↑pass {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ high ▪ The ball bounced high and she missed it. ▪ back, off …
