English Explanatory Dictionary

bounce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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 have sexual intercourse.
  12. To attack unexpectedly.
noun
  1. A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
  2. A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
  3. An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
  4. A hypothetical event where a collapsing system, such as a universe in the Big Bounce theory, reaches a point of extreme density and then rebounds back into an expanding phase, essentially reversing the contraction due to quantum mechanical effects.
  5. The sack, dismissal.
  6. A bang, boom.
  7. A drink based on brandy.ᵂ
  8. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
  9. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
  10. Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
  11. A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
  12. Drugs.

Pronunciation

bouns /baʊns/ /buːns/ en-us-bounce.ogg

Word forms

bounce bounces bouncing bounced

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, bounce”), German Low German bunsen, bumsen (“to beat, bounce”), German bumsen (“to thud, bang, pound”).

Synonyms

bounce back rebound bob bang do it have sex approach cohabit common company copulate couple engage in sex exchange flesh have intimate relations have marital relations have sexual relations intercourse know know someone in the biblical sense make love mate share a bed sleep together strain bauf beat bone boff boink bonk bop bounce breed bump nasties bump uglies catch a dick clap cheeks dance discuss Uganda dip one's pen in someone's inkwell do the deed do the nasty eff engender expletive deleted frack frak frick frig fuck get busy get down get freaky get it get it on get jiggy get laid get lucky get one's dick wet

Derived words

bounceable bounce around bounceback bounce back bounced cheque bouncedown bounce in bounce into bounce off bounce off the walls bounce on it bouncer bounce rubble bounce the rubble bounce to the ounce bouncing bouncing Bet bouncing castle debounce jounce pec bounce rebounce air bounce antibounce Boris bounce bounce house bounceless bounce rate bouncy Brown bounce dead-cat bounce dead cat bounce eye bounce keybounce key bounce moonbounce moon bounce multibounce on the bounce postbounce superbounce

Translations

Finnish: tulla hylätyksi Finnish: ei kelvata German: platzen Spanish: rebotar Spanish: devolver Spanish: bounsear Spanish: bouncear Spanish: baunsear Tagalog: talbog Thai: เด้ง
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