bounce
About 1.64 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch.
- verb To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
He bounces nervously on his chair.
- verb To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
He bounced the child on his knee.
- verb To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.
I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range.
- verb To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
She bounced happily into the room.
- verb To move rapidly (between).
- verb 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.
- verb To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a cheque/check drawn on one's account).
He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday.
Similar words
leap bounciness jounce rebound spring recoil ricochet bound leaping take a hop
Often followed by
back off and the in around up on a
Word family
bounced bounces bouncing
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