[
UK
/bˈaʊns/
]
[ US /ˈbaʊns/ ]
[ US /ˈbaʊns/ ]
NOUN
- rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
VERB
-
spring back; spring away from an impact
The rubber ball bounced
These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide -
come back after being refused
the check bounced -
hit something so that it bounces
bounce a ball -
eject from the premises
The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club - move up and down repeatedly
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refuse to accept and send back
bounce a check -
leap suddenly
He bounced to his feet
How To Use bounce In A Sentence
- Three hours packed with a quick-fire century, a couple of bouncers, two-thirds of a hat-trick, a dropped catch, several bowled wickets and innumerable fours and sixers.
- And it is not clear that he will be sailing into the summer convention with a great deal of brag and bounce.
- High-frequency waves broadcast by the radar bounce off a person, scanning the in-and-out movement of the chest and more subtle, but also detectable, motion of the heartbeat against the chest wall.
- I would expect the government to fight a lawsuit trying to prevent something like this, just as I would expect a leg to bounce up when its patellar reflex is hit with a tendon hammer. Matt Kane: The Obama Administration's Desire to Keep Citizens in the Dark is Inexcusable
- They play mini-bouncers, cupids, schoolkids.
- However, on first down our big fella fumbles the ball and it bounces right into the hands of one of the players on the other team.
- I hope this cheque doesn't bounce.
- The programme first of all explains how a Bouncer works on fitness in general and in rehabilitation plus other problems such as arthritis.
- Roger is the furriest one, Peter is the skinniest, the Ox is the burliest, and Moonie has the most energy: he bounces in between the other three, never settling down or staying still. Going Mutant
- But the ball caromed off a tree and bounced back into a bunker, leaving a shot at the green.