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To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
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The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch.
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To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
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He bounces nervously on his chair.
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To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
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He bounced the child on his knee.
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To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
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I'm meeting Bob later to bounce some ideas off him about the new product range.
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To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
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She bounced happily into the room.
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To move rapidly (between).
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(of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
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We can’t accept further checks from you, as your last one bounced.
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To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
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He tends to bounce a check or two toward the end of each month, before his payday.
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To leave.
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Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce.
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To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
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(sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
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(air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
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The squadron was bounced north of the town.
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To turn power off and back on; to reset
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See if it helps to bounce the router.
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(of an e-mail message or address) To return undelivered.
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The girl in the bar told me her address was thirsty@example.com, but my mail to that address bounced back to me.
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To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
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The student pilot bounced several times during his landing.
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(skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
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After the mid-air collision, his rig failed and he bounced. BSBD.
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(sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
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Bounce tracks two and three to track four, then record the cowbell on track two.
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To bully; to scold.
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To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.
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To boast; to bluster.