noun
- Rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts.
- synonyms: bounce
verb
- Spring back; spring away from an impact.
- usage: "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
- synonyms: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
- Hit something so that it bounces.
- usage: "bounce a ball"
- synonyms: bounce
- Move up and down repeatedly.
- Come back after being refused.
- usage: "the check bounced"
- synonyms: bounce
- Leap suddenly.
- usage: "He bounced to his feet"
- synonyms: bounce
- Refuse to accept and send back.
- usage: "bounce a check"
- synonyms: bounce
- Eject from the premises.
- usage: "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"
- synonyms: bounce
adjective
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