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bounce

Pronunciation: /baʊns/

The English word “bounce” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
  2. To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
  3. To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
  4. To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.
  5. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
  6. To move rapidly (between).
  7. To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
  8. To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a cheque/check drawn on one's account).
  9. To leave.
  10. To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
  11. To work as a bouncer.
  12. To have sexual intercourse.
  13. To attack unexpectedly.
  14. To turn power to (a device) off and back on; to reset; to reboot.
  15. To return undelivered.
  16. To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
  17. To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
  18. 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.
  19. To render two or more tracks to computer storage so that they can be played back and re-recorded with further material added.
  20. To bully; to scold.

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,…

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