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What does "bounce" mean?

Bounce: To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room. Out bounced the mastiff. Swift. Bounced off his arm+chair. Thackeray.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.]
  2. 3.To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump. Swift.
  3. 4.To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
  4. 5.To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. [Collog. U. S.]
  5. 6.To bully; to scold. [Collog.] J. Fletcher.
  6. 7.A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
  7. 8.A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump. The bounce burst open the door. Dryden.
  8. 9.An explosion, or the noise of one. [Obs.]
  9. 10.Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. Johnson. De Quincey.
  10. 11.(Zoöl.) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
  11. 12.With a sudden leap; suddenly. This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me. Bickerstaff.

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