Bounce - English meaning

verb

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

Usage examples:

The ball bounced away and he chased it

Synonims:

ReboundSpring backBobRecoilRicochetJounceCaromResile

verb

Jump repeatedly up and down, typically on something springy.

Usage examples:

Emma was happily bouncing up and down on the mattress

verb

(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.

Usage examples:

A further two cheques of £160 also bounced

verb

Eject (a troublemaker) forcibly from a nightclub or similar establishment.

Usage examples:

The bouncer very roughly bounced him out of the saloon.

verb

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

Usage examples:

The government should beware being bounced into any ill-considered foreign gamble

noun

A rebound of a ball or other object.

Usage examples:

The wicket was causing the occasional erratic bounce

noun

An act of jumping or of moving up and down jerkily.

Usage examples:

Every bounce of the truck brought them into fresh contact

Synonims:

ReboundReflectionRicochet

verb

To move up or away after hitting a surface, or to cause something to move this way

Usage examples:

[ i ] the basketball bounced off the rim of the basket., [ t ] she bounced the baby on her knee., […

verb

If a cheque bounces, or a bank bounces it, the bank refuses to pay it because there is not enough money in the account

Usage examples:

The bank immediately froze the account and bounced outstanding cheques., payments of $1 million wer…

verb

To (cause to) move up or away after hitting a surface

Usage examples:

Bounce off the ball bounced off the goalpost and into the net., figurative television pictures from…

verb

To move in an energetic and enthusiastic manner

Usage examples:

Bounce in tom bounced in, smiling broadly.

verb

To (cause a cheque to) not be paid or accepted by a bank because there is no money in the account

Usage examples:

I had to pay a penalty fee when my cheque bounced., to my horror the bank bounced the cheque.

verb

If an email that you send bounces or is bounced, it comes back to you because the address is wrong or there is a computer problem.

noun

The act of bouncing, or the quality that makes something able to bounce

Usage examples:

In tennis you have to hit the ball before its second bounce., figurative this shampoo will give you…

noun

An improvement or change to a higher level, for example in how popular a politician or party is

Usage examples:

His speech to the convention may have given him a bounce., the city has seen a bounce in homicide.