Word Definition

Bounce

  1. To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
  2. A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
  3. To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
  4. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
  5. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
  6. To bully; to scold.
  7. To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
  8. To boast; to talk big; to bluster.
  9. With a sudden leap; suddenly.
  10. A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
  11. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
  12. An explosion, or the noise of one.
  13. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.