- adjectivebouncing (adjective)
- (of a ball) rebounding up and down:"an awkwardly bouncing ball"
- (of a baby) vigorous and healthy:"Lisa gave birth to a bouncing baby boy"
- lively and confident:"by the next day she was her usual bouncing, energetic self"
verbbouncing (present participle)- (of an object, especially a ball) move quickly up, back, or away from a surface after hitting it; rebound (once or repeatedly):"the ball bounced away and he chased it" · "he was bouncing the ball against the wall" · "the ball bounced off the rim"
- (of light, sound, or an electronic signal) come into contact with an object or surface and be reflected:"short sound waves bounce off even small objects"
- (of an email) be returned to its sender after failing to reach its destination:"I tried to email him, but the message bounced"
- (bounce back)recover well after a setback:"he was admired for his ability to bounce back from injury"
- baseballhit a ball that bounces before reaching a fielder:"bouncing out with the bases loaded" · "bounced a grounder to third"
- (of a person) jump repeatedly up and down, typically on something springy:"bouncing up and down on the mattress"
- (of a thing) move up and down while remaining essentially in the same position:"the gangplank bounced under his confident step"
- cause (a child) to move lightly up and down on one's knee as a game:"I remember how you used to bounce me on your knee"
- (of a vehicle) move jerkily along a bumpy surface:"the car bounced down the narrow track"
- move in an energetic or happy manner:"Linda bounced in through the open front door"
- informal(of a check) be returned by a bank when there are insufficient funds to meet it:"my rent check bounced"
- informalwrite (a check) on insufficient funds:"I've never bounced a check"
- informaleject (a troublemaker) forcibly from a nightclub or similar establishment.
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHdismiss (someone) from a job:"those who put in a dismal performance will be bounced from the tour"
OriginMiddle English bunsen ‘beat, thump’, perhaps imitative, or from Low German bunsen ‘beat’, Dutch bons ‘a thump’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- (of an object, especially a ball) move quickly up, back, or away from a surface after hitting it; rebound (once or repeatedly):
- recover well after a setback:
- (of a person) jump repeatedly up and down, typically on something springy:
- eject (a troublemaker) forcibly from a nightclub or similar establishment.
- dismiss (someone) from a job:
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