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bounce

  [bouns] verb, bounced, bounc⋅ing, noun, adverb
–verb (used without object)
1. to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
2. to strike the ground or other surface, and rebound: The ball bounced once before he caught it.
3. to move or walk in a lively, exuberant, or energetic manner: She bounced into the room.
4. to move along in a lively manner, repeatedly striking the surface below and rebounding: The box bounced down the stairs.
5. to move about or enter or leave noisily or angrily (fol. by around, about, out, out of, into, etc.): He bounced out of the room in a huff.
6. (of a check or the like) to fail to be honored by the bank against which it was drawn, due to lack of sufficient funds.
–verb (used with object)
7. to cause to bound and rebound: to bounce a ball; to bounce a child on one's knee; to bounce a signal off a satellite.
8. to refuse payment on (a check) because of insufficient funds: The bank bounced my rent check.
9. to give (a bad check) as payment: That's the first time anyone bounced a check on me.
10. Slang. to eject, expel, or dismiss summarily or forcibly.
–noun
11. a bound or rebound: to catch a ball on the first bounce.
12. a sudden spring or leap: In one bounce he was at the door.
13. ability to rebound; resilience: This tennis ball has no more bounce.
14. vitality; energy; liveliness: There is bounce in his step. This soda water has more bounce to it.
15. the fluctuation in magnitude of target echoes on a radarscope.
16. Slang. a dismissal, rejection, or expulsion: He's gotten the bounce from three different jobs.
–adverb
17. with a bounce; suddenly.
—Verb phrase
18. bounce back, to recover quickly: After losing the first game of the double-header, the team bounced back to win the second.
Use bounced in a Sentence
Origin:
1175–1225; ME buncin, bounsen, var. of bunkin, appar. c. D bonken to thump, belabor, bonzen to knock, bump

Related forms:
bounce⋅a⋅ble, adjective
bounce⋅a⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
14. animation, vivacity, life, spirit, pep, vigor, zip.
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bounce   (bouns)   
v.   bounced, bounc·ing, bounc·es

v.   intr.

  1. To rebound after having struck an object or a surface.

  2. To move jerkily; bump: The car bounced over the potholes.

  3. To bound: children bouncing into the room.

  4. To be sent back by a bank as valueless: a check that bounced.

  5. Baseball To hit a ground ball to an infielder: The batter bounced out to the shortstop.

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to strike an object or a surface and rebound: bounce a ball on the sidewalk.

  2. To present or propose for comment or approval. Often used with off: bounced a few ideas off my boss.

  3. Slang

    1. To expel by force.

    2. To dismiss from employment. See Synonyms at dismiss.

  4. To write (a check) on an overdrawn bank account.

n.  

  1. A rebound.

  2. A sudden bound, spring, or leap.

  3. The capacity to rebound; spring: a ball with bounce.

  4. Spirit; liveliness.

  5. Slang Expulsion; dismissal.

  6. Chiefly British Loud, arrogant speech; bluster.

Phrasal Verb(s):
bounce backTo recover quickly, as from a setback: The patient bounced back to good health.

[Probably from Middle English bounsen, to beat.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
bounce

  1. in.
    [for a check] to be returned from the bank because of insufficient funds. (See also rubber (check).) : The check bounced, and I had to pay a penalty fee.
  2. tv.
    to write a bad check. : He bounced another one, and this time the bank called him up to warn him about what would happen if he did it again.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bounce 
c.1225, bounsen "to thump, hit," perhaps from Du. bonzen "to beat, thump," or Low Ger. bunsen, or onomatopoeic; sense probably influenced by bound (v.). Sense of "to bounce like a ball" is from 1519; the rubber check sense is from 1927. Bouncing "vigorous, big" is from 1579. First record of bouncer "a bully" is from 1833; in the saloon sense, it dates from 1883.
" 'The Bouncer' is merely the English 'chucker out'. When liberty verges on license and gaiety on wanton delirium, the Bouncer selects the gayest of the gay, and -- bounces him!" ["London Daily News," July 26, 1883]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

bounce

Upward movement in the price of a security following a period of price stability or price declines. For example, a stock might get a nice bounce because of a favorable comment from an influential analyst.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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