Bounce
Bounce ({not transcribed}) , intransitive verb
[Old English bunsen; compare Dutch bonzen to strike, bounce, bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative origin.]
1.
To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
Another bounces as hard as he can knock.
Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.
2.
To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
Out bounced the mastiff.
Bounced off his arm+chair.
3.
To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obsolete]
Bounce , transitive verb
1.
To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump. — Swift
2.
To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
3.
To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. [Collog. United States]
4.
To bully; to scold. [Collog.] — J. Fletcher
Bounce ({not transcribed}) , noun
1.
A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
2.
A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
The bounce burst open the door.
3.
An explosion, or the noise of one. [Obsolete]
4.
Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. — Johnson. De Quincey.{not transcribed}
5.
(Zoology) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
Bounce , adverb
With a sudden leap; suddenly.
This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me.