bounce

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bounsen, bunsen (“to beat, thump”), cognate with Scots bunce, bonce (“to bounce”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps imitative, related to bump, or related to Middle English bonchen (“to pound, beat”) and Dutch bonken (“to bump”). Compare Saterland Frisian bumzje (“to pound, bang, bounce”), West Frisian bûnzje (“to throb, bounce, pulsate”), Dutch bonzen (“to thump, knock, throb, bounce”), German Low German bunsen, bumsen (“to beat, bounce”), German bumsen (“to thud, bang, pound”). === Pronunciation === enPR: bouns, IPA(key): /baʊns/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /buːns/ Rhymes: -aʊns === Verb === bounce (third-person singular simple present bounces, present participle bouncing, simple past and past participle bounced) (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle. Synonyms: bounce back, rebound (intransitive) To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly. Synonym: bob (transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly. (transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback. (intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound. To move rapidly (between). (intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds. (transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a cheque/check drawn on one's account). (intransitive, slang) To leave. (transitive, US, slang, dated) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, sometimes followed by with) To have sexual intercourse. Synonyms: bang, do it, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate (transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly. (transitive, electronics, computing) To turn power to (a device) off and back on; to reset; to reboot. (ergative, Internet, of an e-mail message) To return undelivered. (intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum. (intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results. (transitive, music, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added. (music, technology) To render two or more tracks to computer storage so that they can be played back and re-recorded with further material added. bouncing stems (slang, archaic) To bully; to scold. (slang, archaic) To boast; to bluster. (archaic) To strike or thump, so as to make a sudden noise upon rebound; to knock loudly. (horse racing, slang) To race poorly after a successful race. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === bounce (countable and uncountable, plural bounces) A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle. Synonym: rebound A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly. Synonyms: bob, (repeated) bobbing, (repeated) bouncing (Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure. (quantum mechanics) A hypothetical event where a collapsing system, such as a universe in the Big Bounce theory, reaches a point of extreme density and then rebounds back into an expanding phase, essentially reversing the contraction due to quantum mechanical effects. (slang) The sack, dismissal. (archaic) A bang, boom. (archaic) A drink based on brandy.W (archaic) A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump. (archaic) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish. Synonyms: houndfish, morgay, small-spotted catshark (uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants. (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Drugs. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:recreational drug (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Swagger. (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A good beat in music. (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A talent for leaping. Synonyms: ups, mad ups (politics, informal) An increase in popularity. An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of two fences close together so that the horse cannot take a full stride between them, nor jump both at once. Synonym: no-stride (horse racing, slang) The situation where a horse races poorly after a successful race. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====