Thesaurus: bounce

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1. v. i. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
2. v. i. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
3. v. i. To boast; to talk big; to bluster.
4. v. t. To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.
5. v. t. To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
6. v. t. To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
7. v. t. To bully; to scold.
8. n. A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
9. n. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
10. n. An explosion, or the noise of one.
11. n. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
12. n. A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
13. adv. With a sudden leap; suddenly.