Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bounce"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bounce \Bounce\, v. t.
1. To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump;
to thump. --Swift.
2. To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
3. To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge
unceremoniously, as from employment. [Collog. U. S.]
4. To bully; to scold. [Collog.] --J. Fletcher.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bounce \Bounce\, n.
1. A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
2. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
The bounce burst open the door. --Dryden.
3. An explosion, or the noise of one. [Obs.]
4. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious
exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. --Johnson. De
Quincey.?
5. (Zo["o]l.) A dogfish of Europe ({Scyllium catulus}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bounce \Bounce\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bounced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bouncing}.] [OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen to strike, bounce,
bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative
origin.]
1. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden
noise; a knock loudly.
Another bounces as hard as he can knock. --Swift.
Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.
--Dryden.
2. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound;
as, she bounced into the room.
Out bounced the mastiff. --Swift.
Bounced off his arm+chair. --Thackeray.
3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bounce \Bounce\, adv.
With a sudden leap; suddenly.
This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me.
--Bickerstaff.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bounce
n 1: the quality of a substance that is able to rebound [syn: {bounciness}]
2: a light springing movement upwards or forwards [syn: {leap},
{leaping}, {spring}, {saltation}, {bound}]
3: rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts) [syn: {bouncing}]
v 1: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite
after they collide" [syn: {resile}, {take a hop}, {spring},
{bound}, {rebound}, {recoil}, {ricochet}]
2: hit something so that it bounces, as of a ball
3: move up and down repeatedly [syn: {jounce}]
4: come back after being refused; "the check bounced" [ant: {clear}]
5: leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet"
6: refuse to accept and send back; "bounce a check"
7: eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce
people who want to enter this private club"
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