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• (with reference to an object, especially a ball) move quickly up, back, or away from a surface after hitting it.

• "the ball bounced away and he chased it"

Similar: rebound, spring back, bob, recoil, ricochet, jounce, carom, resile,

• jump repeatedly up and down, typically on something springy.

• "Emma was happily bouncing up and down on the mattress"

• (of a cheque) be returned by a bank to the payee when there are not enough funds in the drawer's account to meet it.

• "a further two cheques of £160 also bounced"

• eject (a troublemaker) forcibly from a nightclub or similar establishment.

• pressurize (someone) into doing something, typically by presenting them with a fait accompli.

• "the government should beware being bounced into any ill-considered foreign gamble"

• a rebound of a ball or other object.

• "the wicket was causing the occasional erratic bounce"

• an act of jumping or of moving up and down jerkily.

• "every bounce of the truck brought them into fresh contact"

Similar: rebound, reflection, ricochet,

Origin: Middle English bunsen ‘beat, thump’, perhaps imitative, or from Low German bunsen ‘beat’, Dutch bons ‘a thump’.

• as something rebounds.

• "he caught the ball on the bounce"

• be full of nervous excitement or agitation.
"the skiers were bouncing off the walls, they were so tired"

• share an idea with (someone) in order to refine it.
"he thrives on bouncing ideas off other people"

• as something rebounds.
"he caught the ball on the bounce"